This study attempted to present the concept and nature of Christian spirituality by which an experimental study was conducted. Even though many spirituality scholars have been trying to define Christian spirituality in a variety of aspects, it is hard...
This study attempted to present the concept and nature of Christian spirituality by which an experimental study was conducted. Even though many spirituality scholars have been trying to define Christian spirituality in a variety of aspects, it is hard to find some theories or formulas which are helpful for promoting spirituality and for evaluating the effectiveness.
However, the researcher had a chance to do experimental study on spirituality development, finding a spirituality formula, S=RGP1P2E, which is involving comprehensive concepts and contents. The researcher, therefore, conducted an experimental study on spirituality development based on the formula, taking the students at D University in Busan, South Korea, where the researcher teaches, as the subject of study. Spiritual education was practiced in the two control groups, both of which were resulting in quite different scores between before and after the tests. Therefore, it is proper to hold that this study lays out the foundation of an effective spiritual education at Christian university in South Korea.
The following chapter after the introduction discussed the nature of spiritualities in general, focusing on Christian spirituality, concluding that the core of Christian spirituality is other-centeredness, the opposite of self-centeredness. The next chapter presented the purpose and necessity of spiritual education, and the concepts, the factors, and the domains of spirituality development.
The next chapter pinpointed the issue of the significance of school education, recognizing its crisis, looking forward to having an effective spiritual education at Christian university. The last chapter presented the effectiveness of spiritual education, dealing with the findings shown in the experimental study.