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Title: | EXPLORING THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY IN THE IMMIGRATION EXPERIENCE OF ROMANIAN EVANGELICALS: A CRITICAL REALIST PERSPECTIVE |
Authors: | Ivan, Marius C. |
Advisor: | Baker, Stephanie Collins Gladstone, James Dumbrill, Gary |
Department: | Social Work |
Keywords: | spirituality;religion;immigration;Evangelicals;Romanian;Critical Realism;Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA);poetic inquiry;Social Work;Social Work |
Publication Date: | Oct-2013 |
Abstract: | <p>The purpose of this study is to explore intersectionality of Religion/Spirituality and immigration in the experience of Romanian evangelicals in Canada from a Critical Realist perspective. In the first two chapters I provide background information outlining the interconnection between spirituality/religion, social work and immigration and examine the existing body of knowledge of present literature on ways of utilizing relevant concepts, methods, emerging themes and I address some of the implications and critiques pertaining to the literature perused. In the following two chapters I present the theoretical framework of Critical Realism, the methodological approach utilized -Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, and the dual gathering methods employed, semi-structured interviews and poetic inquiry. In the main part of the theses I review the findings and discuss them from a theoretical and practical perspective, concluding with a number of recommendations and observations which, if implemented, would in my opinion effect a more spiritually sensitive practice in working with specific ethno-religious groups.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/13411 |
Identifier: | opendissertations/8232 9281 4594573 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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