Some philosophical, catechetical, theological theorizing behind the writing of 'The Inquirer's Catechism'

Denis M Rowan

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Some philosophical, catechetical, theological theorizing behind the writing of 'The Inquirer's Catechism'

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Denis M Rowan. Some Philosophical, Catechetical, Theological Theorizing Behind the Writing of 'the Inquirer's Catechism'. Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/59633f89-777b-4e05-9785-1f646f3777d7.

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Denis M Rowan. Some Philosophical, Catechetical, Theological Theorizing Behind the Writing of 'the Inquirer's Catechism'. Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/59633f89-777b-4e05-9785-1f646f3777d7.

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What happens when thirty-five out of seventy-five high school to college age students pass through a religious experience? In response to this question the author formulated 'The Inquirer's Catechism' to measure the phenomenon. Over a two year period, the author taught a series of structured catechetical courses to four groups of inquirers. He tested all participants on their perceived faith relationships with God at the beginning and the end of the instructions with a values clarification test, a diagrammed drawing project, and a self-report questionnaire. The author analyzed the statistics and noted all the signs of transformational process. Forty-two inquirers gained new values concerning others; thirty-seven inquirers acknowledged closer relationships with God in the drawings; thirty-five had some sort of religious experience.

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