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Mercer, Cheryl Ann.

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The Use of Biblical Narratives to Create Pathways for Education and Self-Awareness of Formerly Incarcerated Women.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Use of Biblical Narratives to Create Pathways for Education and Self-Awareness of Formerly Incarcerated Women./
Author:	Mercer, Cheryl Ann.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
Description:	134 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-11, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International82-11A.
Subject:	Biblical studies. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28497246
ISBN:	9798738622243

The Use of Biblical Narratives to Create Pathways for Education and Self-Awareness of Formerly Incarcerated Women.
Mercer, Cheryl Ann.

The Use of Biblical Narratives to Create Pathways for Education and Self-Awareness of Formerly Incarcerated Women. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 134 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-11, Section: A.

Thesis (D.Min.)--Lancaster Bible College, 2021.

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

The recidivism rates for formerly incarcerated women in the United States is as high as seventy-five percent. With rates that are higher than most industrialized nations, the church and its faith leaders who work with the incarcerated through their respective congregations, have become interested in examining the causes of such high rates of re-incarceration as women seek to become connected to houses of worship and reintegrate to society post-release. Research suggests that many women with criminal records have or continue to have a history of depression, anxiety, withdrawal from substance abuse and trauma, childhood trauma and abuse which have altered their identity and the ability to reintegrate successfully into their respective communities. Such elements may lead to recidivism. The need to bring about a transformed self-narrative may lead to an improved outlook and self-awareness thereby paving the way for optimal opportunities for success and lowering their chances or being re-arrested (recidivism). This study examines the correlation of biblical narratives to self-narratives for the purpose of creating an intervention to improve the self-narrative of formerly incarcerated women. This study was constructed as action research conducted using a quasi-qualitative/quantitative experimental design. The subjects are eight formerly incarcerated women, ages 22-55 selected at random who have received supportive services through the local Susie Crowder Owens Empowerment Center in Washington, DC. The study was conducted over a period of twelve weeks, beginning with a pre/post Gratitude Survey, Inventory of Psychosocial Balance, constructed metanarrative themes and ten narratives of female characters from the Holy Bible. The subjects will also be asked to create self-narratives from chosen writing prompts pre and post intervention. Research findings suggest and support the premise that the self-narratives of women who have experienced various negative diverse situations in life can be altered and transformed into positivity by reading and discussing biblical narratives of characters who have experienced similar situations.

ISBN: 9798738622243Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122820
Biblical studies.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Constructivism

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