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Religious Education, 2004
Abstract This article is based on the assumption that we need to rethink processes of faith formation in order to meet the need for deeper meaning and authentic relationship within U.S. culture. The author argues that an intentional, effective, and life-giving ecology of faith formation within the communion of a faith community is necessary.
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Abstract This article is based on the assumption that we need to rethink processes of faith formation in order to meet the need for deeper meaning and authentic relationship within U.S. culture. The author argues that an intentional, effective, and life-giving ecology of faith formation within the communion of a faith community is necessary.
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Theological Reflection in Adolescent Faith Formation
Journal of Youth and Theology, 2023Abstract Christians are increasingly choosing to leave the church during the period of young adulthood. This trend suggests that there are shortcomings in our practices of religious education and faith formation. Here I propose that the practice of theological reflection is a method that can be employed to address some of these shortcomings.
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The Aesthetic Dimension in Faith Formation
Religious Education, 2015I teach an intensive course called “God Faith and Art” with masters-level theological students. Through reading, discussion, experiential learning with varieties of artistic mediums, and field trip...
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My Journey in Adult Faith Formation
Journal of Adult Theological Education, 2013How did we get to our present day practice of adult faith formation? I offer a personal reflection on my journey, writing as a social anthropologist who is particularly interested in what is not being said or done. I reflect on changing affiliations to experiential learning over my lifetime; a fresh emerging understanding of ecumenism; the danger of ...
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THE FORMATION OF SMALL FAITH COMMUNITIES
Religious Education, 1993Recent studies indicate that Catholics who choose to remain within the Catholic Church do so because of their attachment to the Sacramental life of the Church. 1 This paper describes how people express the experience of God or the transcendent in their lives through the use of religious symbols.
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Faith Formation in Light of Vatican II
2023Abstract Gravissimum Educationis, the document of Vatican II that most explicitly addresses Catholic education, attends primarily to Catholic schools. At the same time, that document and this chapter look to the broader context of continuing the Christian tradition across generations.
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Toddler Spiritual Formation and the Faith Community
International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2003This article explores how physiological and cognitive changes, intra-psychic and interpersonal changes, moral development and social location affect the spiritual lives of children who are 12-36 months old. It considers how the development of autonomy in toddlers relates to the theological concept of free will, discusses language acquisition and its ...
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Ministerial Formation in a Multi–Faith Society
Teaching Theology & Religion, 2003This article reports on the findings of a study carried out with ordinands and faculty in English theological Colleges and Courses (programs). The project aimed to discover (a) how and to what extent students are trained to work in Britain’s multi–faith society, and (b) how are ordinands thinking theologically about issues of religious diversity.
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Threads in the Formation of Faithful Clergy
Contact, 2007SummaryFaithful Cities makes specific reference to theological education and the training of clergy in particular. It pleads for the urban context of society to be central to that task because that is where most people actually live. It asks for the practical nature of theology to be the focus of training. That is admirable.
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Cognition and Faith Formation: A Reflection on the Interrelationship of Schema, Thema, and Faith
Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry, 2007In the effort of suggesting a holistic paradigm of Christian nurture, this paper examines the relationship between cognition and faith. 1 The author relies on and expresses the epistemic frameworks of Piaget (1969, 1970) and Vygotsky (1962) particularly as they relate to faith formation.
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