Entry:

Yamane, David and Polzer, Megan, "Ways of Seeing Ecstasy in Modern Society: Experiential-Expressive and Cultural-Linguistic Views," Sociology of Religion, 55 (1994), 1-25.

Abstract:

Blacks are more likely to have had an ecstatic religious experience than Whites are. People in the South and West are more likely to have had this experience than are people in the Northeast or the Midwest. Protestants are more likely than Catholics to have had religious experiences.

GSS Years:

1983-84, 1988-89

Other Data Sets:

Gallup 1990

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:
Variable Name	Variable Label

GRACE	HAD POWERFUL RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
PRESTIGE	RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1970)
EDUC	HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
AGE	AGE OF RESPONDENT
RACE	RACE OF RESPONDENT
SEX	RESPONDENTS SEX
REGION	REGION OF INTERVIEW
MARITAL	MARITAL STATUS
XNORCSIZ	EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE
RELIG	RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
DENOM	SPECIFIC DENOMINATION
ATTEND	HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES
PRAY	HOW OFTEN DOES R PRAY