This paper reports the results of a study of adult ethical development in Christian congregations. Using an empirical hermeneutic phenomenological methodology, this study examined how five pastors understand and encourage ethical development, creating an in‐depth analysis and interpretation of their perceptions of the phenomenon of adult ethical development. Two primary themes emerged, with several significant sub‐themes contributing to those primary themes: 1) the integrity of ethical and spiritual development; and 2) the relational nature of ethical development. Drawing on a theoretical background of neo‐pragmatic appropriations of both value theory and cognitive science, the relational nature of adult ethical development that emerges from this study makes contributions to the field of adult education in its understanding of the richness of the concrete spiritual context, the importance of informal learning environments, and the breadth of intersubjective experience that serves to incubate adult ethical development.

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基督教会中成人的道德发展：对牧师感知的现象学研究

本文报告了基督教会中成人道德发展的研究结果。本研究使用经验解释学的现象学方法，研究了五位牧师如何理解和鼓励道德发展，对他们对成人道德发展现象的看法进行了深入的分析和解释。出现了两个主要主题，其中几个重要的子主题促成了这些主要主题：1）道德和精神发展的完整性；2）道德发展的关系性质。借鉴价值理论和认知科学的新实用主义理论背景，