A Quest for Koinonia: Uncovering Spiritual Practices that Inspire and Promote Unity among Christians within a Contemporary Campus Setting

Diane Reneé  Schmit Dardón

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A Quest for Koinonia: Uncovering Spiritual Practices that Inspire and Promote Unity among Christians within a Contemporary Campus Setting

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Diane Reneé Schmit Dardón. A Quest for Koinonia: Uncovering Spiritual Practices That Inspire and Promote Unity Among Christians Within a Contemporary Campus Setting. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a84d20c8-8534-44f6-9f0e-dc07cc13b4dc?q=2019.

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D. R. S. Dardón. A Quest for Koinonia: Uncovering Spiritual Practices that Inspire and Promote Unity among Christians within a Contemporary Campus Setting. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a84d20c8-8534-44f6-9f0e-dc07cc13b4dc?q=2019

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Diane Reneé Schmit Dardón. A Quest for Koinonia: Uncovering Spiritual Practices That Inspire and Promote Unity Among Christians Within a Contemporary Campus Setting. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a84d20c8-8534-44f6-9f0e-dc07cc13b4dc?q=2019.

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Diane Reneé Schmit Dardón

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Abstract

The quest for koinonia among Christians on college and university campuses -- and specifically at DePaul University in Chicago -- is at the heart of this thesis-project. Like so many campus settings throughout the United States, the Christian community at DePaul is complicated, diverse, and marked distinctly by distrust, skepticism, and conflict between Christian students and between Christian groups on campus. This thesis-project posits that spiritual practices inherent in the Body of Christ might encourage and inspire Christian unity on campus. Spiritual practices that emerge through explorations of the experiences and hopes of college students, major global ecumenical movements, and early followers of Christ in Corinth will be considered as a means for developing a pastoral response to the issue of conflict and dissension among Christians on campus and beyond. A brief foray into faith developmental theory, Millennial and post-Millennial generational studies, and ethnocentricity also provide helpful insights. The Practical Theology method and model developed by Evelyn and James Whitehead guide this thesis-project as the work strives to shed light on ways in which koinonia might be realized among Christians within a contemporary higher education setting.

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