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The worldview of students in a Christian high school in Surabaya, Indonesia: A case study

서명/저자: The worldview of students in a Christian high school in Surabaya, Indonesia: A case study

초록/해제: 요약 : This study was designed to explore ways the worldview of students of a Christian high school in Surabaya, Indonesia, can be transformed to a biblically informed worldview. First, the researcher investigated the dominant worldview themes of the students of the school using Charles Kraft's theoretical framework of worldview themes, subthemes, and paradigms (C. Kraft, 2008). The study sample consisted of twenty 11th and 12th graders. Then, a literary study of the New Testament using three English study Bibles was conducted to explicate dominant worldview themes, subthemes, and paradigms of the New Testament (NT). The worldview themes of the students were then juxtaposed with that of the NT authors to find similarities and differences. Four areas of students worldview themes in need of a transformation emerged: (a) Understanding of sinfulness and God's grace, (b) desire for discipleship, (c) economics based on compassion and generosity, and (d) care and concern for the Church. At the conclusion of the study, a curricular strategy for worldview transformation was then formulated in order to catalyze the needed worldview shift among Christian high school students.