Question

According to the Fowler “faith” theory, as we transition through development stages our “master story” becomes “wider and more encompassing.”

Choose one of the following to define and describe, then discuss where you see yourself in this model (and why), and if you differ from your age peers regarding your level of development.

1. synthetic-conventional faith level
2. individuative-reflective faith level
3. conjunctive faith level
4. universalizing faith level

Answer 1

Stage 6: Universalizing Faith

Stage 6, Universalizing Confidence is amazingly uncommon. Fowler names individuals like Gandhi, Martin Luther Lord, Jr., Mother Teresa, Thomas Merton, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer as illustrations of individuals who come to a Universalizing Confidence (Fowler, 201). These persons’ viewpoints and activities frequently run counter to the encompassing culture. They see all individuals as portion of a all inclusive family. They sacrificially serve others, cherishing life without being excessively joined to life. Numerous of them are mistreated and martyred in life, but afterward respected in passing.

While there's a consistency and preparation due to age, natural and mental advancement, movement through these stages of confidence isn't programmed. A few move more gradually than others from one arrange to the another whereas a few stay in prior stages all through their grown-up lives. In all of this, the community plays a key part. The progressing “sponsorship” of the community makes a noteworthy distinction as people as they move from one arrange to the following and they develop inside a organize of confidence. “Sponsorship,” agreeing to Fowler is the way a “community gives assertion, support, direction and models for a person’s progressing development and development” .