Award Date

8-1-2019

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Education

First Committee Member

Christine Clark

Second Committee Member

Norma Marrun

Third Committee Member

Steven Bickmore

Fourth Committee Member

Anita Revilla

Number of Pages

159

Abstract

The Pentecostal church had been a religious anomaly amongst other Protestant affiliations because of their commitment to particular beliefs and practices. By using Gutierrez’s (1973) Liberation Theology and Freire’s (1970) Critical Theory as theoretical frameworks, the completed study examined the beliefs, thoughts, and feelings of the Pentecostal youth concerning higher education and whether or not it was promoted by church leadership as well as Pentecostal women’s beliefs, thoughts and feelings about the role of women, including their consideration and encouragement for leadership in the church. Specifically, the study was framed around the following questions:

How, if at all, did the Pentecostal community engage the concepts and practices of social justice?

What did women members of the Pentecostal community believe, think and feel about the role of women, including their consideration for leadership within the church?

What did Pentecostals believe, think, and feel about higher education generally? More specifically, how was the pursuit of higher education supported by church leadership?

Multiple case study was the research design used to complete this study. Interviews and observations were the two sources of data collected. Data was analyzed for themes and reported.

Keywords

Case Study Methodology; Higher Education; Pentecostals; Religious Groups; Social Justice; Women in Church Leadership

Disciplines

Education | Practical Theology

File Format

pdf

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

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