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The Impact of A Christian Spiritual Formation Program on Chinese Students at A North American Seminary.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Impact of A Christian Spiritual Formation Program on Chinese Students at A North American Seminary./
Author:	Wang, Danbo .
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
Description:	350 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-09, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-09A.
Subject:	Asian studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27738999
ISBN:	9781658422048

The Impact of A Christian Spiritual Formation Program on Chinese Students at A North American Seminary.
Wang, Danbo .

The Impact of A Christian Spiritual Formation Program on Chinese Students at A North American Seminary. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 350 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-09, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Biola University, 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Spiritual formation has been integrated into Western theological education in the past decades and proved effective for Christians' spiritual growth. However, how it impacts Chinese students' lives has not been studied. This grounded theory research was conducted to discover how a Christian spiritual formation program at a North American seminary has influenced Chinese students' lives in terms of their relationships with themselves, God, and others. Eighteen Chinese students who had studied Spiritual Formation in a Western seminary were interviewed and the data were analyzed and coded using grounded theory procedures. The central understanding to emerge from the data is that a Western Christian spiritual formation program has facilitated the Chinese students' transformative learning by leading them to re-examine their upbringing, the process of which was countercultural and challenging for them because of their Confucian background; providing a safe and accepting environment for them to explore and disclose their vulnerabilities that were considered shameful in their culture; and equipping them with theorized spiritual knowledge, various spiritual disciplines, and hands-on apprenticeship training. As a consequence, the Chinese students' meaning perspectives have been transformed in relation to how they view themselves, God, and others; their autonomous way of life influenced by Confucianism has been transformed into a way of life with increasing awareness of God's presence and dependence on God. This research has made theoretical and practical contributions to the fields of both transformative learning and spiritual formation. It added cultural and spiritual dimensions to the field of transformative learning and deeper cultural awareness, particularly of Chinese culture, to the field of spiritual formation.

ISBN: 9781658422048Subjects--Topical Terms:

1571829
Asian studies.

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