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Critical consciousness: an approach to investigate and address division within the christian community of two holiness groups in the Vidarbha region of India.

Prakash Nemade

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This research investigated the possibility of misplaced social motivations of Christians within select holiness groups in the Vidarbha region of India. Guided by Paulo Freire’s “Critical Consciousness” theory, this research examined the causes for social conflicts within two holiness groups in Vidarbha. This research involved four pastors from the holiness groups and forty members from their congregations as research participants. Following the “Critical Consciousness” theory, the action-reflection conceptual model was used for this research. Data was collected through the interviews with four pastors and group discussions with their forty church members. Four major themes and thirty-eight subthemes emerged from the data. Major themes included: Dalit motivations for embracing Christian faith; evidence of social conflicts within congregations; causes of divisions within congregations; and strategies to resolve conflicts. This research contributes to a study on Dalit Christians within the holiness groups in Vidarbha region of India.

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Publish Year: 2023

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KeywordsDalit Christians, Vidarbha region of India, Holiness group, Paolo Freire, Critical Constiousness Theory, Action-reflection conceptual model,

Degree AwardedDoctor of Philosophy in Transformational Development

Awarding InstitutionAsia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary

Committee MembersErlie Sagud, Romerlito Macalinao, Fletcher Tink, Nehemiah Bathula, Narendra John, David Ackerman, Larry Bollinger

Supervisor or ChairFloyd T. Cunningham

Peer Reviewed?No

Place of PublicationPhilippines

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This collection contains the dissertations completed in partial fulfillment of the Degree PhD in Holistic Child Development, and PhD in Transformational Learning at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary in partnership with Asia Graduate School of Theology.