Abstract

Research has indicated the role of daily spiritual experiences and value and belief as a social phenomenon and one of its striking functions is to integrate people into social groups. Groups adhere to their established systems with a given conviction that in return affects their sense of perceived well-being. The present study tries to identify the impact of daily spiritual experiences, values and beliefs on the social well-being status of major religious communities in the Indian setting. Social well being scale was used to measure social integration, social acceptance, social isolation, social coherence and social contribution. Daily Spiritual Experiences and Value and Belief were measured by Fetzer's scale of religiosity. Sample includes 100 participants equally selected from Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Sikh communities. Findings of the study show significant differences in relation between Daily Spiritual Experiences of Religious Value and Belief, and social well-being among different religious communities.

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