Presence in Distance
The Lived Experience of Adult Faith Formation in an Online Learning Community
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ISBN-13:
9783639180336
Seiten:
320
Autor:
Marianne Evans Mount
Gewicht:
495 g
Format:
220x150x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to better understand the ways that adult learners studying Catholic theology become present to one another, strengthen bonds of community, and contemplate the face of Christ in computer-mediated, text-based distance education. Ten participants reflected on emergent themes about technology and the ways that it alters time, place, presentation of self, and relationships. Text as sacred, relational, presentational, communal, and transformational was explored, as was the nature and meaning of community. The study offers a deep understanding of the meaning of presence and the development of community in the context of faith.