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Ellis, Randolph (2015) Moving from idle talk to transformative conversation : practising Christian formation within a group. Rural Theology, 13 (1). pp. 31-41. doi:10.1179/1470499415Z.00000000039 ISSN 1470-4994.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1470499415Z.00000000039
Abstract
This study employs a philosophical mode of interpretation in examining an approach to personal formation within a group setting. It argues that notions of finitude, mortality, death, inauthentic discourse and resoluteness are crucial in turning group members towards understanding the roots of their being. Immersion within this process is deemed formative and transformative in itself, especially when awareness of inauthentic modes of engagement is raised and practised. The purpose of this study is to encourage mindfulness of neglected issues (‘who’ it is being called, who it is being formed, for example) and demonstrates, through an exemplar, how turning towards these may bring about personal change within a group setting.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Self-consciousness (Awareness) -- Religious aspects -- Bangor (Wales) , Finite, The, Faith | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Rural Theology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1470-4994 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2015 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 13 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 31-41 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1179/1470499415Z.00000000039 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 March 2017 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 March 2017 |
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