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Dissertation
Impact Of Social Change: A study of the Community of Christ
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2018
Abstract
This study investigates factors that contributed to organizational changes that happened in the Community of Christ church between 1955 and 1970. Social movements including the Civil Rights Movement, the women's rights movement, the free speech movement, and the anti-war movement each played influential roles in shaping the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. The movements of the era called into question long-held beliefs, traditions, and authority at many societal levels. The movements also influenced faith traditions in the United States including the Community of Christ. Archival research of the two most widely circulated periodicals produced by the Community of Christ at the time revealed conceptual shifts during the period. Archival research also revealed a small group of individuals who were involved in facilitating the changes. Other primary resources indicated a slow but direct change in church ideology, policy, self-understanding, and theology during the period. Open-ended interviews with 12 influential leaders from the era showed that their early experiences influenced their desires to act in leadership roles in the Community of Christ and also influenced their desire to facilitate organizational change in their church. The three data sources were triangulated to create a historical narrative exploring the changes that took place during what became known as the Decade of Decision. The narrative is a story about how leaders in one faith tradition were influenced by the compelling social experiences of the 1950s and 1960s and in turn facilitated social and educational transformation in their church when they became leaders.
Details
- Title
- Impact Of Social Change
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Pensacola, Florida :
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 455
- Copyright
- Unpublished work © Roger Allen Rose
- Identifiers
- 99380090739906600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- Education; University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida