Afrocentric Christian Worldview and Student Spiritual Development: Tapping a Global Stream of Knowledge

A LOCALIZED ETHNOGRAPHY of African Christian students revealed consistently robust Christian faith across all respondents, the core elements of which were rooted in an explicit Afrocentric worldview. These findings support multicultural critiques of classic student spiritual development theory, and...

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Main Author: Edgell, Margaret S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Paternoster Periodicals [2007]
In: Journal of education & Christian belief
Year: 2007, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-62
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Summary:A LOCALIZED ETHNOGRAPHY of African Christian students revealed consistently robust Christian faith across all respondents, the core elements of which were rooted in an explicit Afrocentric worldview. These findings support multicultural critiques of classic student spiritual development theory, and point toward further research from a multicultural frame into the many ways that Christian students form their worldviews, form their identities, and act on their beliefs.
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of education & Christian belief
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/205699710701100106