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Faith formation is a topic of considerable interest

for those involved in Christian education. In

this quantitative investigation, 580 students

from Years Four, Six, Eight and Ten from eleven

Adventist schools in Australian were surveyed

to determine their perspectives of their own

faith formation in four areas of their lives: Vision,

Gospel, Lordship and Presence. Additional items

measured student satisfaction with their Biblical

Studies classes. The results indicated that

students, on the whole, were positive about their

faith formation. Trends revealed that younger

students overall were more positive towards

their faith and Biblical Studies classes than high …

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This study used narrative inquiry to understand what spirituality

and religiosity meant to Hispanic students attending a large,

Midwestern university in the United States. The study consisted

of interviews with 10 Hispanic students who discussed their

spiritual and religious beliefs from childhood through college.

Findings supported current literature that spirituality increases

and religiosity decreases during college. However, after an

initial decline in religiosity during the first year of college,

participants reported a noteworthy increase shortly after

college began. Secondly, students’ spiritual and religious beliefs

were closely tied to their family, supporting research on familial

centrality in Hispanic culture.

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