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Francis, Leslie J., Fawcett, B. G., Freeze, T., Embrée, R. and Lankshear, David W. (2021) What helps young Christians grow in discipleship? Exploring connections between discipleship pathways and psychological type. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 24 (6). pp. 563-580. doi:10.1080/13674676.2020.1767556 ISSN 1367-4676 .
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2020.1767556
Abstract
Drawing on data provided by 299 12- to 18-year-old Baptists attending a week-long summer programme of the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada, the study explores the connections between personal factors (age and sex), psychological factors (introversion, sensing, feeling, and judging), and contextual factors (church support and challenges to faith), four discipleship pathways (group activities, individual experiences, church worship, and public engagement), and two indices of Christian growth (depth of discipleship and strength of vocation). The data demonstrate that psychological factors shape preferred pathways of discipleship, that perceived church support is important for growing both depth of discipleship and strength of vocation, that perceived challenges to faith weaken depth of discipleship, that the discipleship pathway of group activities is central to growing young Christians within the Baptist tradition, and that depth of discipleship is further enhanced by the pathway of individual experience, while strength of vocation is further enhanced by the pathway of church worship.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BS The Bible B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BT Doctrinal Theology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Christian youth -- Religious life, Christian youth -- Biblical teaching , Christian life, Empirical theology , Christianity -- Psychology, Catholic Church and psychoanalysis, Church work with teenagers , Psychology and religion | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Mental Health, Religion and Culture | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1367-4676 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 24 | ||||||||
| Number: | 6 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 563-580 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/13674676.2020.1767556 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Mental Health, Religion and Culture on 15/09/2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13674676.2020.1767556 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 July 2020 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 15 September 2021 | ||||||||
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