Unravelling the Experience of Grace: Antecedents, Consequences and Circular Dynamics in the Experience of Grace

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International Journal of Practical Theology Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI:10.1515/ijpt-2023-0012

Tine Schellekens, Annemie Dillen, Jessie Dezutter

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Abstract

This study consists of seven in-depth-interviews about antecedents and consequences of grace experiences analyzed by CQR. Results indicated that situations of difficulty can provide fertile ground for experiencing grace. Opening up in being and doing were considered to be helpful to recognize and actively receive grace. Participants reported growing closer to themselves, others/the Other and life itself. Through cross-analysis a cluster of circular dynamics emerged encompassing virtues serving as interlinking facilitators regarding the giving and receiving of grace in daily life. This study also suggests that grace experiences may be linked with personal growth processes related to meaning making and virtue- and character development.

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解读恩典的体验：恩典体验的前因、后果和循环动力

这项研究包括七次深入访谈，内容涉及恩典体验的前因后果，并通过 CQR 进行了分析。结果表明，困难的情境可以为体验恩典提供肥沃的土壤。在存在和行动中敞开心扉被认为有助于认识和积极接受恩典。参与者报告说，他们与自己、他人和生命本身的关系更加亲密。通过交叉分析，出现了一组循环动力，其中包括在日常生活中作为给予和接受恩典的相互联系的促进因素的美德。这项研究还表明，恩典体验可能与个人成长过程有关，涉及意义的创造、美德和品格的发展。

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International Journal of Practical Theology RELIGION-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Practical Theology is an academic journal. It is intended for practical theologians and teachers of religious education, scientists specializing in religion, and representatives of other cultural-scientific disciplines. The aim of the journal is to promote an international and interdisciplinary dialogue. The journal contains contributions on an empirically descriptive and critically constructive theory of ecclesiastical and religious practice in society. Primarily, it deals with descriptions of religion as it is practised. Religion in this context can be understood in the broad sense of the word according to which all appreciative tendencies towards an ultimate view of oneself and of the world can be described as being religious.