Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• amirhasan rezagholigol ¹
• aboutorab talebi ²

¹ Ministry of Science Research and Technology

² Faculty member of the University of Alame Tabatabai

Abstract

The aim is to understand the relationship between the sacred space and the religious experience and to examine the structural relationship between the two through the way religious experience is formed in the four religious fields of Qom. The question is, what are the differences in the religious experience patterns of activists in the sacred spaces of Qom? What are the differences in the religious experience of people in each of these fields? In this qualitative research, the data were collected through 20 semi-structured interviews and observation and were analyzed and reported using thematic analysis technique. results show that the religious experience of the activists affected by the unity of sacred structures and spaces is not the same as the religious space, and they are not simply derived from religious traditions and teachings, people find an important part of their understanding of the sacred in the sacred spaces, which are part of the social and life contexts. It is their daily life, they shape it intersubjectively and differently; Therefore, there is not one form and format of religious experience in all sacred spaces, and interactions occur in each sacred space that lead to different and special forms of religious experience

Keywords

• Religious experience
• sacred space
• sacred order
• social structure of religion
• sociology of religion

Main Subjects

• Mixed Approaches