Faithful Change

by Fowler, James W.

• ISBN13: 9780687097203
• ISBN10: 0687097207
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Abingdon Pr

Summary

Faithful Change: The Personal and Public Challenges of Postmodern Life extends the discussion of the nature and dynamics of faith begun in James W. Fowler's earlier, groundbreaking work in books such as Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning (1981). Here Fowler identifies three different sources and types of change (individual development, interpersonal relations, and systemic disruptions), discusses each of them in some detail, and shows how faith must sustain us in the midst of personal and social change while at the same time faith itself undergoes processes of change. Book jacket.

Author Biography

James W. Fowler is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Theology and Human Development at Candler School of Theology, Emory University

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Change and the Dynamics of Faith	p. 17
Beginnings	p. 19
Stages of Faith and Emotions	p. 54
Once-Born/Twice-Born: Faith and Transformation	p. 75
Faith and the Fault Lines of Shame	p. 89
Shame and the Broken Heart: Fault Lines and Culture	p. 91
Our Bodies and Shame	p. 97
Shame, Guilt, and Conscience	p. 104
Crossing the Spectrum of Shame	p. 113
Shame and Grace: Genesis, Nietzsche, and Jesus	p. 132
Faith and the Challenges of Postmodern Life	p. 145
Awakening to Modernity: The Enlightenment and Liberating Faith	p. 147
Beyond Culture Wars	p. 160
Theology and Postmodern Experience: Four Responses	p. 179
Toward a Postmodern Theology of the Praxis of God	p. 191
Keeping Faith with God and Our Children	p. 202
Moral and Faith Formation in an Uncivil Society	p. 221
Bibliography	p. 237
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