Spirituality and the Perception of Social Justice

• In Event: Poster Session 11
  In Poster Session: The Intersections of Social Justice

Abstract

With the continued diversification in the United States spiritual foundations, value systems, and the need for an education that promotes multicultural competencies within spirituality have also grown. The need for a multicultural education in regards to spirituality continues to prove a need within the field of counseling especially in regards to the merging of spiritual practices with acts of social justice. By examining Fowler’s Faith Development Theory and Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behavior, the role of spirituality development in the lives of counseling students will be used to gain an understanding of the students’ perception and likelihood of engagement in social justice acts.

Authors

• James Strickland, The University of Mississippi - Oxford

• Qiang (Andy) Cheng, The University of Mississippi