Fowler

Question 1

Faith

Answer 1

Underlies both belief and religion but is also inclusive of secular worldviews; Our way of finding coherence in and giving meaning to the multiple forces and relations that make up our lives

Question 2

Spirituality

Answer 2

Human attempt to make sense of the self in connection to and with the external world

Question 3

Religion

Answer 3

Many beliefs and practices of a collective group of people over a period of time

Question 4

Belief

Answer 4

Conscious intellectual agreement with particular doctrines or ideologies

Question 5

Phases During Transitions between Stages

Answer 5

Disengagement from particular relational context
Disidentification
Disenchantment
Disorientation
Eventually explore a new beginning

Question 6

Disidentification

Answer 6

the loss of one’s sense of self that accompanies disengagement

Question 7

Disenchantment

Answer 7

parting with one’s previous view of reality and experiencing feelings of grief, loss, confusion, and in some cases liberation

Question 8

Disorientation

Answer 8

the culmination of the other three aspects which leads to the neutral zone

Question 9

6 stages

Answer 9

Prestage: Primal faith

1. Intuitive-projective faith
2. mythic-literal faith
3. synthetic-conventional faith
4. individuative-reflective faith
5. conjunctive faith
6. universalizing faith

Question 10

Prestage 1: Primal Faith

Answer 10

relationship with parents dictates view of God

Question 11

Stage 1: Intuitive-Projective faith

Answer 11

Around age 2; child’s first constructed images are results of stories, pictures, and images shared with them; stage marked by imagination

Question 12

Stage 2: Mythic-Literal Faith

Answer 12

Elementary ages; ability to see multiple perspectives; accept narratives, but lack questioning and reflecting

Question 13

Stage 3: Synthetic-Conventional Faith

Answer 13

Adolescence; develop abstract thinking; religion is meaningful, but don’t think critically; external validation is necessary for one’s decisions

Question 14

Stage 4: Individuative-Reflective Faith

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College Years - young adulthood; personal definition of faith; mean making system; determine personal elements of faith and determining what those elements mean to you

Question 15

Stage 5: Conjunctive Faith

Answer 15

Mid-life; increased awareness of life’s complexity; unconscious influences on one’s beliefs and attitudes; more accepting of other faiths while maintaining commitment to theirs

Question 16

Stage 6: Universalizing Faith

Answer 16

Radical decentration of self - “knowing the world through the eyes of others”; end of natural development; stage 6 is only achieved “through partnership with the spirit”