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Dr. James Fowler has asked these questions, and others like them, of nearly six hundred people. He has talked with men, women, and childrofe nal l ages, from four to eighty-eight, including Jews, Catholics, Protestants, agnostics, and atheists.I n 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 book calls faith. Faias tapphroa,che d here, is not necessarily religious, nor is it to be equated with belief. Ratfahith eis ra pe,rson 's way of leaning into and making sense of life. More verb than noun, faith is the dynamic system of images, values, and commitments that guides one’s lite. It is thus universal: everwyho ocnhooese s 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, selftranscending faith of full maturity. Stages

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Author

James W. Fowler. --

Publisher

Harper Collins

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060628406

Category

religious

Subjects

Religion, Christian, History

Rating

4.01 / 5 (962 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13