Adult Development and Christian Faith
This follow-up to 'Stages Of Faith' specifically applies research and theories on the development of faith to Christianity. Fowler argues that whether we know it or not, we grow up and become adults in terms of some myth or image of the lifestory that defines for us what it means to become a complete human being.
Accordingly, this book presents the four dominant adult development theories today, highlighting their images of wholeness, maturity and human potential. It probes Erikson's existential psychology; Daniel Levinson's 'Seasons Of A Man's Life'; Carol Gilligan's feminist reinterpretations; and his own work on faith development theory.
'Becoming Adult Becoming Christian' then incorporates the strengths and insights of these approaches in a fresh, provocative theological and ethical framework, reclaiming the ideas of covenant and vocation as ideals for responsible, mature Christian selfhood. You'll see how the concept of vocation can unify the constructive insights of various adult developmental theories.
Explicitly Christian in focus, yet addressed to a wider audience, this book succeeds admirably in blending the best ethical insights from adult developmental theories with a solid theological-ethical perspective on adulthood.
