Chapter 6 Flashcards
spirituality
sense or belief that there is something greater than myself, something more to being human than sensory experience and that the greater whole of which we are part is cosmic or divine in nature
sense of transcendence
Religion
institutionalized pattern of values, beliefs, symbols, behaviors, and experiences that involve:
spirituality, community of adherents, transmission of traditions over time
what is in common of spirituality and religion?
belief
comfort
reflection
ethics
awe
3 factors understanding religious conflict
modernism (science vs …)
multiculturalism- challenges the sacred canopy
modern technologies of warfare- intertwined with religious issues
Fowler’s stages of Faith development
broader than “faith” creed or belief (not baout god or higher power) -> universal aspect
gives
links
grounds
enables
How many stages and their names of flower’s stages of faith
Pres-stage: primal faith
stage 1: intuitive/projective
stage 2: Mythic/literal
stage 3: synthetic/conventioncal
stage 4: individuation/reflective
stage 5: conjunctive
stage 6: Universalizing
Pre-stage: primal faith
developing snese of security and trust
being taken care of by ultimate environment or the divine (infancy)
stage 1- intuitive/projective
magical, inutitive, symbolic, beginning sense of “other” (~2)
stage 2- mythic/literal
understand concept of belonging, concrete, stories are meaningful, age of reason (6 and up)
stage 3- synthetic/conventional
acceptance of what been taught, intergrating that sense of belonging, identifying with it, develo[ing compassion (adolescenece and beyond)
Stage 4- individuation/refelction
analysis of previous held beliefs in order to make more sense out of the ulitmate environment and personal meaning (young adulthood and beyond)
stage 5- conjunctive
reaches to ‘deeper self’, awareness of community of ‘all living things’ self is part of larger whole cosmos (midlife and beyond)
stage 6- universalizing
understands that threat to any living thing or individual is threat to whole, actively involved in remediating injustice
First force, psychodynamic perspective
behavior determined by unconsciousness, instinctual needs to seek pleasure and avoid pain
second force, behavioral perspective
behavior determined by environmental forces
third force, existential/humanistic/experiential perspective
behavior determined by need for self-actualization, fulfilling human potential to love, create, etc.
fourth force, based on transpersonal theories
specifically targeting the spiritual dimension
transpersonal theory
based on the premise that some states of human consciousness and potential ‘go beyond’ our traditional views of health and normality; to ‘go beyond’ the self toward higher levels of consciousness
wilber’s integral theory of consciousness
6 levels of consciousness at the prepersonal and persona phases are conventional
4 transpersonal levels
level 7 psychic or nature mysticism
level 8 subtle of deity mysticism
level 9 casusal or formless mysticism
level 10 non-dual
level 7
continued evolution of consciousness due to the observing self gaining more depth… natural deepening of compassion for all living things, including nature itself
level 8
awareness of more subtle processess than commonly experienced in normal life
level 9
transcends all distinctions between the subject and object; pure consciousness and awareness…enlightenment or nirvana
level 10
disidentification with the witness
Fowler and wilber compared
both built theoreis of human development and human behavior and go beyond the traditional biopsychosocial framework
Fowler and wilbert differences
fowler-more specification about content and process of spirtual development
wilber- moresubstance and specification, descriptuion and evolution of what look like
fowler more descriptive
wilber more prescriptive
5 broad historical phases
indigenous pre-colonial period
sectarian origins
professionalization and secularization
resurgence of interest in spirituality
transcending boundaries
