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The Wesleyan Quadrilateral as an Aid to Formation in Tertiary Education

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The opportunities for formation are particularly acute for Christian students as they undertake tertiary education and transition from a strong alignment with external institutional constructed faith propositions of their family and Church traditions and move to a more individualized faith that typically develops during transition into adulthood. This chapter considers the ways tertiary educators can assist students as they face the challenges and opportunities for spiritual growth and the liminal experiences of vulnerability in tertiary education, where they begin to address a plurality of viewpoints and more diverse sources of knowledge. It considers the ways a conceptual framework of four sources of revelation in reason, tradition, Bible and experience can be more fully understood in ways that promote a holistic engagement with a living faith. It also considers some of the challenges faced as they consider academic insights into each source, and the ways efforts to address these challenges can contribute to formation.

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    These results were published in Astin et al. (2011). A summary of the findings can be found in Appleton et al. (2011).

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  2. University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Central, Queensland, Australia

    Tony Dowden

  3. Bethlehem Tertiary Institute, Tauranga, New Zealand

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Hey, S. (2018). The Wesleyan Quadrilateral as an Aid to Formation in Tertiary Education. In: Luetz, J., Dowden, T., Norsworthy, B. (eds) Reimagining Christian Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0851-2_11

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