Evangelical Christian Students and the Path to Self-Authorship
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This narrative study adopts the lens and language of Baxter Magolda's self-authorship framework to explore the faith development of four evangelical Christian students from their first year of college through their third year. The findings suggest several common elements in the students’ narratives—earnest questions about “what is true?”, the significant roles of family members and peers in the construction of perspectives on truth, and the centrality of various religious communities in propelling or encumbering self-authored faith development—along with some important distinctions. Implications for research, theory, and practice are discussed.
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Classical Christians, as defined by the term Evangelical, trust the Bible as the yardstick of what is good, true, and worthy.
“Classical Christians, as defined by the term Evangelical (Bryant, 2011), trust the Bible as the yardstick of what is good, true, and worthy.”
From Differences of Mean Scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) for Classical Christian Schools Compared to Non-Classical Christian Schools (2019) · cites this paper as Bryant, 2011
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- Authors
- Bryant, A. N.
- Affiliations
- North Carolina State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bryant, Alyssa N.
- Venue
- Journal of Psychology and Theology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-03
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 16-30
- ISSN
- 0091-6471 (ISSN-L)
- 2328-1162
- OpenAlex
- W217045852
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 21.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychology and Theology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Keywords
- self-authorship, faith development, evangelical Christians, university students, religious identity, truth, family influence, peer influence, religious communities
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