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dc.contributor.advisorOlson, Loreen N.eng
dc.contributor.authorMontague, Ryan R.eng
dc.date.issued2012eng
dc.date.submitted2012 Springeng
dc.descriptionTitle from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on May 29, 2013).eng
dc.descriptionThe entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file.eng
dc.descriptionDissertation supervisor: Dr. Loreen N. Olsoneng
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.descriptionVita.eng
dc.descriptionPh. D. University of Missouri--Columbia 2012.eng
dc.description"May 2012"eng
dc.description.abstract[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Despite the wide range of theorizing and philosophizing regarding genuine dialogue, few efforts have been made to analyze the phenomenon from an empirical standpoint within any specific relational context. This qualitative study explores genuine dialogue within the context of divine appointments. Divine appointments being interactions in which participants felt as though God played a role in bringing them together with another person for a meaningful conversation. By analyzing the lived experiences of 31 Christians in the Midwest United States, this study was able to gain greater insight into the communicative elements and consequences of divine appointments and missed opportunities for divine appointments. Two overarching themes developed out of the analysis of missed and fulfilled divine appointments: (a) interaction process and (b) afterlife sense-making. The interaction process focuses on what was said and done in conversation. The afterlife sense-making focuses on what occurred following the encounter for both the participant and their relational partner.eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.format.extentviii, 244 pageseng
dc.identifier.oclc872569340eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/35373
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/35373eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.rightsAccess is limited to the campus of the University of Missouri--Columbia.eng
dc.subjectgenuine dialogueeng
dc.subjectrelational contexteng
dc.subjectdivine appointmenteng
dc.titleDivine appointments : living life with maximum impacteng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelDoctoraleng
thesis.degree.namePh. D.eng


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