Transpersonal sociology

Transpersonal sociology is a transpersonal discipline that is informed by the insights of Sociology.
Definition and context
Walsh and Vaughan defined transpersonal sociology as the "study of the social dimensions, implications, expressions and applications transpersonal phenomena".
Another definition, from a group of sociologists and transpersonal theorists associated with the Transpersonal Sociology Newsletter (1997), states that "Transpersonal sociology refers to the exploration of the social dimensions of those human experiences that have traditionally been called spiritual or religious. It includes evolution of a sense of self, the evolution of society, and an understanding of consciousness as extending beyond traditional human knowledge."

Robert C. Atchley, a sociologist by training, defined transpersonal sociology as "the study of groups and communities of people who share transpersonal states of consciousness and live in accord with such understandings".
Contributions to academic theory
According to Boucouvalas, the discipline of transpersonal sociology appears to have been conceptualized by John Glass in the early 1970's. Glass envisioned a new type of transcultural sociology alongside the emerging force of transpersonal psychology,
Other contributions to the field includes the work of Susan Greenwood, who developed a concept of a transpersonal sociology of religion, based on a synthesis of Émile Durkheims idea of a "collective consciousness" and s idea of a "collective unconscious".
There is also the work of Harris Friedman, who adapted the tools of sociology in his work as a transpersonal scholar and psychologist,<ref name"Rominger & Friedman"/> and Robert C. Atchley, who adapted the perspective of transpersonal sociology to the topic of spirituality and aging.<ref name"Moberg 2009"/><ref name="Brady 2011"/>
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