The Relationship Between Multicultural Church Attendees’ Cultural Intelligence and Response to Racism
Dissertation by Jared Sorber
I have often heard, "It's a shame more people put so much work into their dissertation, and after it is published, only a handful of people will read it." Well, to buck that trend, here is my dissertation with some advice on reading a dissertation and information to help you find a part of my dissertation that might appeal to you.
1. Don't read the whole thing, read what appeals and applies to you.
2. Read the abstract (below), which may tell you everything you need to know, and you can stop there.
3. Don't read chapter #1, if you read the abstract you have all the information you need on what my dissertation intends to address.
4. Select the parts of chapter #2 that interested you. Chapter #2 is the literature review, covering topics that set the foundation for the dissertation based on other research that covered related topics. Here is what I covered in this chapter so you know what to choose from:
-The History of Racism in America
-The Homogeneous Church in America
-The Multicultural Church in America
-Practices of Multicultural Churches
-Anti-Racism
-Cultural Intelligence
-In case you don't want to read any or all of those, there is a summary at the end of the chapter.
5. Only read chapter #3 if you are really into research design and methodology (the whole science and math of how my study works)
6. Only read chapter #4 if you want the scientific details of what my study showed.
7. Chapter #5 are my conclusions and recommendations based on the results of the study.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE DISSERTATION
ABSTRACT
A division between races and cultures exists throughout American society. Most churches in
America continue to meet separately along racial lines despite believing in the same God who
calls his followers to unity in him. Multicultural churches, which are growing in number and
size, seek to unify diverse groups of people around the gospel of Jesus Christ with the hope of
bringing that unity to the world around them. The purpose of this quantitative research study is to
examine if there is a relationship between multicultural church attendees' Cultural Intelligence
(CQ) and response to racism. Four hundred twenty-nine multicultural church attendees
participated in the study, completing the demographic survey and instruments used in the
correlational analysis. The tools used were the Anti-Racism Behavioral Inventory (ARBI) and
the Short Form Cultural Intelligence Survey (SFCQ). Findings indicated a positive monotonic
relationship between CQ and anti-racism behaviors. Follow-up research is proposed to build on
this study, determining the nature of the relationship and ultimately leading to how Cultural
Intelligence and anti-racism behaviors can be best fostered in churches. Other research is needed
to identify spirituality’s influence on multicultural church attendees’ CQ and anti-racism
behaviors.
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