PHENOMENOLOGY OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S WHOLE ATTITUDE TOWARDS EMERGING SPIRITUALITY A CASE STUDY OF SHIRAZ, IRAN

Abstract

Emerging spirituality has a social, cultural nature, and it is consequence of fundamental developments in the
contemporary world. In order to investigate the phenomenon, it is necessary to consider cultural, social, and
historical contexts and their processes, but paying attention to intentions, thoughts, and mentality of activists
is equally important.
Therefore, the present paper seeks to analyze attitude towards emerging spirituality through the lived
experience of the youth of today.
Phenomenology as well as an addictive strategy were applied for this qualitative research. A semi-structured
interview was done to collect data. Participants were selected by the purposive sampling. They were young
people who had experienced emerging spirituality over the past 5 to 15 years. Colaizzi's phenomenological
method which consists seven steps was utilized to analyze data and exploit primary and secondary contents.
Findings led to identifying two main concepts: cognitive interpretation and family position.
Analyzing experiences of young people suggests that they had three different attitude towards participating
in such group, including positive, dubious, and negative. When it comes to their families, some were agreed
on the membership of their children, some were disapproved of it, and some of them were neutral about this
issue.