Building cultural intelligence in an age of incivility : growing in CQ through holistic discipleship

Hawkins, Vanessa K.

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Building cultural intelligence in an age of incivility : growing in CQ through holistic discipleship

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Hawkins, Vanessa K. Building Cultural Intelligence In an Age of Incivility : Growing In Cq Through Holistic Discipleship. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f46ab181-b099-4ba0-b4d1-0a56312c3ea3.

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H. V. K. Building cultural intelligence in an age of incivility : growing in CQ through holistic discipleship. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f46ab181-b099-4ba0-b4d1-0a56312c3ea3

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Hawkins, Vanessa K. Building Cultural Intelligence In an Age of Incivility : Growing In Cq Through Holistic Discipleship. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f46ab181-b099-4ba0-b4d1-0a56312c3ea3.

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Hawkins, Vanessa K.

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Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to seek to build intercultural competence (or cultural intelligence/CQ®) in church members during the polarizing climate of August 2020 to August 2021. A series of polarizing events including racial violence, police brutality, protests, riots, and a presidential election created a divided broader culture that was also experienced in the church. Pastors struggled to unite their congregations in the face of divisive rhetoric in the media and heated responses to issues dividing the culture down racial, socio-economic, and political lines. The goal of this case study was to help church members grow in their ability to communicate respectfully across cultural difference through intentional holistic discipleship This study utilized a mixed methods approach (both qualitative and quantitative designs) using semi-structured interviews with sixteen members of one church who each experienced significant intercultural competence changes as measured by Intercultural Development Inventory®. The interviews focused on gaining data with four research questions: 1. How did participants grow in CQ® during the year? 2. How did power dynamics affect participants’ growth in CQ® during the year? 3. What discipleship practices affected participants’ growth in CQ® during the year? and 4. What barriers hindered participants’ ability to grow in CQ® during the year? The literature review focused on four key areas to understand how to grow in intercultural competence through holistic discipleship: the Acts church as an apologetic for cultural intelligence; cultural intelligence, power dynamics and discipleship and spiritual formation. This study concluded that growing in cultural intelligence, particularly in polarizing conditions in churches requires: 1) having leadership buy-in; 2) understanding the intercultural dynamics which include CQ® growth factors, an objective assessment of intercultural competence and power dynamics; and 3) maintaining a focus on the solution – gospel transformation through holistic discipleship.

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