Date of Award
2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
First Advisor
Alvin Luedke
Second Advisor
Daniel Anderson
Abstract
This project used the lenses of adaptive change, transculturation, church size theory, love the stranger, led by the Spirit, unity and diversity in God’s family, imago Trinitatis, and missio Dei to study how action research interventions might affect a culturally diverse congregation. It was found that understanding culture is complicated, homogeneous units typically stay apart but do come together, crossing boundaries of homogeneity is difficult, ongoing education helps for transculturation, transculturation comes mostly through conversation, and people can experience Trinitarian equality through transculturation. In short, the Common Culture of a Community is Cultivated in its Context through Conversation and Communion.
Recommended Citation
Triolo, Albert W., "Unity and Diversity: How a Bilingual-Multicultural Congregation Reflects the Nature of the Trinity in Unity and Diversity" (2019). Doctor of Ministry Theses. 46.
https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/dmin_theses/46
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