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Different Areas Of The Christian Engineers

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Throughout my autoethnography, I will examine a few different areas of the Christian Engineers in-group. I will examine the two different in-groups, because one can be a Christian and not an engineer since they are two distinct groups. Then, I’ll examine how being religious in the modern-day workplace can cause tension with co-workers. Finally, I will explore how the two overlap, looking at specifically where engineering ethics can align with the Christian life. To begin, one must ask what is an in-group? Gordon Allport describes an in-group as being a collection of people who use “we with the same essential significance” (Allport, 1994, p. 173). Allport is saying there is no hard definition of an in-group, it is dependent on others to identify as part of this group. Moreover, to simply be a member of the in-group, one must declare they are a member, and others will identify with such group. To better understand in-groups, let’s examine the Christian in-group.
One can characterize the Christian in-group can as those who follow Christianity and live a “Christian life”. The “Christian life” is being receptive of Jesus into one’s life, seeing Him as the ultimate sacrifice made for all of humanity. With such knowledge, Christians are joyful for the sacrifice made for them, and they choose to live their lives with such knowledge guiding and motivating them (Novello, 2014, p.324-326). With this knowledge guiding their lives, Christians hold a strong set of values that they try

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