Faith in the Research Process: Information Behavior at Claremont School of Theology

T. P. Milas
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Abstract Faith significantly affects the educational experience in graduate studies of religion and theology. This study explored the roles of graduate theological students’ religious faith and degree program affiliation in their information behaviors, particularly their degree-related research behaviors at Claremont School of Theology. The purpose was to explore problems in information action inherent to the dichotomy between academic study of theology that leads to Master of Arts (MA) degree and professional study of theology that leads to Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree. The research design incorporated interviews of MA and MDiv students regarding the roles of their religious faith, degree program affiliation and interpersonal information sources in their research processes. Data were collected, coded and analyzed as a lens into the social network of the theological research community. The study found that information behavior does relate to degree program affiliations and students’ religious faith. Degree program affiliation and religious faith background are relevant to graduate theological research processes and may be useful to consider in research consultations and bibliographic instruction in graduate theological education.
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研究过程中的信仰:克莱蒙特神学院的信息行为
摘要信仰显著影响宗教和神学研究生的教育体验。本研究探讨了克莱蒙特神学院神学研究生的宗教信仰和学位课程归属在他们的信息行为中的作用,特别是他们与学位相关的研究行为。其目的是探讨导致文学硕士学位的神学学术研究和导致神学硕士学位的专业神学研究之间的二分法所固有的信息行动问题。研究设计包括对MA和MDiv学生的采访,内容涉及他们的宗教信仰、学位课程关系和人际信息来源在研究过程中的作用。数据被收集、编码和分析,作为神学研究社区社交网络的一个镜头。研究发现,信息行为确实与学位项目的隶属关系和学生的宗教信仰有关。学位课程归属和宗教信仰背景与研究生神学研究过程相关,可能有助于在研究生神学教育的研究咨询和书目指导中加以考虑。
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Journal of Religious and Theological Information
Journal of Religious and Theological Information Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Religious & Theological Information is an essential resource for bibliographers, librarians, and scholars interested in the literature of religion and theology. Both international and pluralistic in scope, this peer-reviewed journal encourages the publication of research and scholarship in the field of library and information studies as it relates to religious studies and related fields, including philosophy, ethnic studies, anthropology, sociology, and historical approaches to religion. By "information" we refer to both print and electronic, and both published and unpublished information.
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