Does higher education change the faith of Anglicans and Methodists preparing for church ministries through a course validated by a UK university?

Churches often validate their ministry training through Higher Education (HE) institutions in order to assure the academic quality of their awards. Although academic progress is carefully assessed, and churches have long debated formational aspects of ministry training, there has been little quantit...

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Autor principal: Village, Andrew (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2019]
En: Practical theology
Año: 2019, Volumen: 12, Número: 4, Páginas: 389-401
Clasificaciones IxTheo:CB Existencia cristiana
FB Formación teológica
KBF Islas Británicas
KDD Iglesia evangélica 
KDE Iglesia anglicana
Otras palabras clave:B Entrenamiento
B Conservatism
B Ministry
B Quantitative Study
B Church of England
B Liberalism
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Sumario:Churches often validate their ministry training through Higher Education (HE) institutions in order to assure the academic quality of their awards. Although academic progress is carefully assessed, and churches have long debated formational aspects of ministry training, there has been little quantitative work that examines whether exposure to HE changes the faith of students. This study reports on the effects on various aspects of faith (such as beliefs about the Bible, biblical literalism, morality, exclusivity, quest orientation, and dogmatism) of a ministry programme delivered to Anglicans and Methodists that was validated by a United Kingdom university. A sample of 91 students completed questionnaires at the start and finish of their period of study, which ranged from one to three years. There was no evidence of systematic change in any of the tested variables that coincided with the period of study.
ISSN:1756-0748
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Practical theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2019.1635310