Dr. James Fowler has asked these questions, and others like them, of nearly six hundred people. He has talked with men, women, and children of all ages, from four to eighty-eight, including Jews, Catholics, Protestants, agnostics, and atheists. In many cases, the interviews became in-depth conversations that provided rare, intimate glimpses into the various ways our lives have meaning and purpose, windows into what this books calls faith. 
 Faith, as approached here, is not necessarily religious, nor is it to be equated with belief. Rather, faith is a person's way of leaning into and making sense of life. More verb that noun, faith is the dynamic system of images, values, and commitments that guide one's life. It is thus universal: everyone who chooses to go on living operated by some basic faith. 
 Building on the contributions of such key thinkers as Piaget, Erikson, and Kohlberg, Fowler draws on a wide range of scholarship, literature, and firsthand research to present expertly and engagingly the six stages that emerge in working out the meaning of our lives--from the intuitive, imitative faith of childhood through conventional and then more independent faith to the universalizing, self-transcending faith of full maturity. Stages of Faith helps us to understand our own pilgrimage of faith, the passages of our own quest for meaning and value.

Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Fowler, James W.

Psychology & Counseling

Harpercollins College Div

Describes four theories of psychological development, examines the theological and ethical issues of maturation, and discusses the covenant and vocation in the life of adult Christians

Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian: Adult Development and Christian Faith

Harpercollins

Examines the presence and involvement of God in our times, argues that we are in the midst of a shift in cultural consciousness, and suggests new ways for the church to meet its goals

Weaving the New Creation: Stages of Faith and the Public Church

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Dr. James Fowler has asked these questions, and others like them, of nearly six hundred people. He has talked with men, women, and children of all ages, from four to eighty-eight, including Jews, Catholics, Protestants, agnostics, and atheists. In many cases, the interviews became in-depth conversations that provided rare, intimate glimpses into the various ways our lives have meaning and purpose, windows into what this books calls faith. 
 Faith, as approached here, is not necessarily religious, nor is it to be equated with belief. Rather, faith is a person's way of leaning into and making sense of life. More verb that noun, faith is the dynamic system of images, values, and commitments that guide one's life. It is thus universal: everyone who chooses to go on living operated by some basic faith. 
 Building on the contributions of such key thinkers as Piaget, Erikson, and Kohlberg, Fowler draws on a wide range of scholarship, literature, and firsthand research to present expertly and engagingly the six stages that emerge in working out the meaning of our lives--from the intuitive, imitative faith of childhood through conventional and then more independent faith to the universalizing, self-transcending faith of full maturity. Stages of Faith helps us to understand our own pilgrimage of faith, the passages of our own quest for meaning and value.

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

HarperOne

The author identifies three different types of change and shows how faith must both sustain us in the midst of personal and social change and undergo the process of change itself. Faithful Change extends the discussion of the nature and dynamics of faith begun in the author's earlier groundbreaking work, Stages of Faith. Fowler's study is notable for his analysis of shame and its function in faith development.

Faithful Change: The Personal and Public Challenges of Postmodern Life

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

ABINGDON PRESS *

In this updated reissue of his 1984 classic, James Fowler applies his groundbreaking research on the development of faith to Christianity. In his revised first chapter Fowler locates his approach to the study of human and faith development in relation to the contemporary conversation about identity and selfhood in postmodernity. Fowler invites readers to explore what it means to find and claim vocation: a purpose for one's life that is part of the purposes of God. Reclaiming covenant and vocation as ideals for responsible, mature, Christian selfhood, Fowler shows how a dynamic understanding of what vocation involves can both inform and transform lives.

Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian : Adult Development and Christian Faith

History

World

Jossey-Bass

Faith Development and Pastoral Care

Faith Development and Pastoral Care (Theology and Pastoral Care)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Fortress Press

To See the Kingdom: The Theological Vision of H. Richard Niebuhr

Univ Pr of Amer

Remembrances of Lawrence Kohlberg: A Compilation of the Presentations Given at the Service of Remembrance for Lawrence Kohlberg at Memorial Church, H

Snarey, John

Emory Univ

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