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" Challenges to the understanding of God among traditional age college students of monotheistic faiths: A phenomenological study "
Steven Patrick Scherger Iverson, Susan

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	803496
Doc. No	:	TL48287
Call number	:	‭1699716816;‮ ‬3710381‬
Main Entry	:	Rashid, Uzma
Title & Author	:	Challenges to the understanding of God among traditional age college students of monotheistic faiths: A phenomenological study\ Steven Patrick SchergerIverson, Susan
College	:	Kent State University
Date	:	2015
Degree	:	Ph.D.
field of study	:	College and Graduate School of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration
student score	:	2015
Page No	:	227
Note	:	Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-86238-6
Abstract	:	This study contributes to the dialogue in the higher education literature on spirituality by describing how traditional-age college students of monotheistic faiths make meaning of a challenge to their conception of God. These students' experiences were examined in order to address two, identified deficiencies in the literature: a) the neglect of perspectives that assume a supernatural reality; and b) the unintentional suppression of perspectives that view spirituality and religion as being intertwined. Extensive, open-ended interviews were conducted to access the meaning-making processes of eight college students who attend a public university and identify strongly with one of the Abrahamic faiths: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. A phenomenological approach was employed to analyze the students' meaning-making processes and identify the common essence among their experiences free from assumptions about spirituality found in the literature or held by the investigator.
Subject	:	Spirituality; Higher education
Descriptor	:	Philosophy, religion and theology;Education;College students;God;Religion;Spirituality
Added Entry	:	Iverson, Susan
Added Entry	:	College and Graduate School of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and AdministrationKent State University