Keeping the main thing, the main thing: An overview of a United States ecumenical study of confirmation

Verbum et Ecclesia

 
 
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Title Keeping the main thing, the main thing: An overview of a United States ecumenical study of confirmation
 
Creator Mikoski, Gordon S.
 
Subject — confirmation; curriculum; practices of confirmation; instructional practices; age of confirmation; motivation; relationships; priority topics; teaching methods.
Description An empirical study in five denominations in the United States provided a snapshot of current conceptions and practices of confirmation.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: Using a mixed-methods approach, this study yielded important comparative results among Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopalians, Lutherans, and African Methodist Episcopalians, highlighting denominational distinctives. The quantitative findings indicated priorities in both content areas and instructional practices, while the qualitative results suggested elements for constructive approaches to confirmation in the near future.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor The Lilly Endowment, Inc. Grant #: 2013 0558-000
Date 2025-02-27
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ve.v46i2.3294
 
Source Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 46, No 2 (2025); 7 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage US contemporary —
Rights Copyright (c) 2025 Gordon S. Mikoski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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