Reference Groups and Role Strains Related to Spiritual Well-Being
This paper is a prolegomenon to the development of a theoretical construct of spiritual well-being. The fundamental assumption undergirding this interpretation holds that spiritual health represents one dimension of a role-set for persons occupying the status position of member within a religious or...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1979
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1979, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-58 |
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| Summary: | This paper is a prolegomenon to the development of a theoretical construct of spiritual well-being. The fundamental assumption undergirding this interpretation holds that spiritual health represents one dimension of a role-set for persons occupying the status position of member within a religious organization. Thus, the paper treats the interaction processes whereby believers strive to establish a viable definition of healthy religion in relation to three reference group perspectives. These processes include the self's interaction with the local religious fellowship, encounters with deity, and the ongoing relationships integrating a religious actor with the “official model of religiosity” carried by a denominational tradition. The central conclusion asserts that spiritual well-being represents a negotiated formula whose legitimacy is confirmed for individual actors by some coalition of reference groups operative within the religious institution. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3710495 |