Religious Orientation and the Experience of Transcendence
Operationalized categories for the experience of transcendence were developed from Stace's criteria of introvertive mysticism. From 123 Ss who took Allport's Religious Orientation Scale, 25 extremely extrinsic Ss and 25 extremely intrinsic Ss were identified based upon independent use of t...
| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion |
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1973]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Summary: | Operationalized categories for the experience of transcendence were developed from Stace's criteria of introvertive mysticism. From 123 Ss who took Allport's Religious Orientation Scale, 25 extremely extrinsic Ss and 25 extremely intrinsic Ss were identified based upon independent use of the Extrinsic and Intrinsic subscales. These Ss were then asked to volunteer for interviews concerning their most significant personal experiences. These completed interviews (20 intrinsic, 21 extrinsic) were then coded on the basis of our operationalized categories for the experience of transcendence. Results indicated that, as predicted, groups of intrinsically oriented Ss reported more experiences codifiable as transcendent than did groups of extrinsically oriented Ss. The importance of these data for the validity of Allport's assumption of experiential aspects of intrinsic religiosity as operationalized in the Allport-Ross Intrinsic Scale is discussed. Also, the importance of the sympathetic study of these paradoxical experiences is briefly emphasized. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1385048 |