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Adult Faith Development in the 21 st Century

Explore the evolving nature of adult faith development in the 21st century, from co-dependency to co-evolution. Discover the stages of faith development, key strategies for growth, and the mission of faith in transforming the world. Embrace diversity and consult inner wisdom to find your own truth.

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Adult Faith Development in the 21 st Century

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  1. Adult Faith Development in the 21st Century

  2. ADULT v. CO-DEPENDENT Karpman’s Triangle

  3. Co-Dependency . . . Confused Ambivalent Disempowered Dispossessed Angry

  4. The Co-evolutionary Human “I become who I will be within the network of relations, rooted in the non-human, blooming in the intimate, branching into the unknown.” (Catherine Keller (2008), On the Mystery, 130)

  5. The Adult today No longer defined by function / role No longer age-specific Relationally fluid Post-modern globalist Multi-cultural / Fundamentalist Spiritually fluid /vague Identity transition: Protean self Cosmopolitan Co-evolutionary self

  6. The Protean Self “We are becoming fluid and many-sided. Without quite realizing it, we have been evolving a sense of self appropriate to the restlessness and flux of our time. This mode of being differs radically from that of the past, and enables us to engage in continuous exploration and personal experiment. I have named it the 'protean self,' after Proteus, the Greek sea god of many forms.“ (Robert J. Lifton, The Protean Self)

  7. Stages of Faith Development

  8. The Organic Paradigm Faith is a process, not a product. Faith is an innate gifted potential. Faith develops with life experiences. Most of the process is in ADULT years. If faith development is neglected, the will-to-meaning will seek compensations. The elderly realise the largest embrace.

  9. Significant stages The Universalist Elder Mid Life The Young Adult

  10. Key Strategies Critical Reflection Dialogical Exploration Story-telling Mutual Co-Learning

  11. Key Strategies Interdisciplinary Education Creative Media Informed Reading Mindfulness

  12. The Mission of Faith The Mission of faith is no longer to convert. It is to transform the world so that every life will have a better chance to live fully, and thus to commune with the source of life. John Shelby Spong.

  13. Teilhard said that if human beings do not live up to their destiny, they will drag the world backwards into matter, rather than allowing it to evolve into spirit. However if they choose to develop their full potential, they will evolve to a higher state of consciousness, complexity and unity. Margaret MacIntyre (2010, 53)

  14. Adult Faith Today The Adult The Co-dependent Growth requires change Truth evolves Trust inner wisdom Consult peers Good enough outcomes Reflect critically Embrace Diversity Inherited answers The word of authority Looking over the shoulder Need for approval Fear Judgemental Only one truth

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