Faith Development Theory Revisited: The Religious Styles Perspective

Streib, Heinz

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“…That the assessment of religious schemata might open a perspective on religious development can be argued with respect to the analysis of variance findings that were presented in Figure 1: Group A with high scores on ttt can be expected to prefer a mythic-literal (Fowler's, 1981, Stage 2) or instrumental-reciprocal religious style (Streib, 2001), Group B with high scores on ftr can be expected to prefer the individuative-systemic religious style (which corresponds to Fowler's, 1981, Stage 4), and Group C with high scores on xenos can be expected to prefer the conjunctive (Fowler's, 1981, Stage 5) or dialogical religious style (Streib, 2001). Based on assumptions from the philosophy of religion, the model of religious styles (Streib, 2001), not much different from Fowler's (1981) model of faith development, claims a developmental hierarchy: Xenosophic and dialogical attitudes toward (the religion of ) the other are regarded more advanced and developmentally higher than the retreat to absolutistic truth claims that is not open for alternative interpretations.…”

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“…Based on assumptions from the philosophy of religion, the model of religious styles (Streib, 2001), not much different from Fowler's (1981) model of faith development, claims a developmental hierarchy: Xenosophic and dialogical attitudes toward (the religion of ) the other are regarded more advanced and developmentally higher than the retreat to absolutistic truth claims that is not open for alternative interpretations. Thus, if it is adequate to understand such differences in terms of a developmental hierarchy, Figure 1 indicates that anti-Islamic and anti-Semitic prejudice decline with progressing religious development.…”

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“…1 Eventually, closer attention to the distinct profiling of Fowler's (1981) stages of faith-which have been advanced in a model of religious styles (Streib, 2001;Streib, Hood, & Klein, 2010)-would have even more effect in predicting and explaining the promotion and prevention of prejudice.…”

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“…The author of the deconversion theory considers this phenomenon in a developmental perspective, referring to Fowler's (1981) faith development theory and to his own religious styles perspective (Streib, 2001(Streib, , 2005. In the developmental perspective, deconversion is a process taking place in a particular stage of an individual's biography, whose important element is criticism and change of religious cognitive schemas.…”

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The presence of spiritual and religious changes in adolescence is strongly supported by the existing theory and research. In the present article we propose to apply a deconversion-based approach to the exploration of religious crisis in adolescence. Streib developed the theory of deconversion in the context of the growing interest in atheism and apostasy. In the proposed approach, deconversion processes comprise all changes in personal religiosity that involve a departure from the current ways of manifesting religiosity. Drawing on Streib's theory, on the basis of research conducted on 323 people, we constructed the Adolescent Deconversion Scale. Analyses revealed the existence of four dimensions, which we interpreted as: (1) abandoning faith, (2) withdrawal from the community, (3) experiencing transcendental emptiness, and (4) moral criticism. The reliability and validity of the new method were assessed and found to be acceptable.

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“…2 Drawing from psychoanalysis and more recent contributions to developmental psychology, I suggest a revision of faith development theory and research that could be called the religious styles perspective (see Streib, 2001aStreib, , 2003bStreib, , 2003cStreib, , 2004.…”

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Extending Our Vision of Developmental Growth and Engaging in Empirical Scrutiny: Proposals for the Future of Faith Development Theory

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This article evaluates the portrait of faith development theory and research in James Fowler's article, "Faith Development at 30." Questions are raised: Does Fowler's emphasis on the practical-theological and pastoral focus of faith development contradict its aspiration and disposition for empirical scrutiny? Does Fowler's principal concern with the reactions from Christian theologians and religious educators indicate disregard of and from psychology? Both questions can be denied with reference to the large amount of research projects which use and apply the faith development perspective. The article suggests further engagement in theory discussion, methodological clarification and empirical research; it invites networking among researchers and indicates future research strategies. But also the practical-theological relevance of faith development theory, especially for religious education, are demonstrated with reference to recent research. The article concludes, in agreement with Fowler, with a proposal to notice the importance of the Conjunctive Faith style for social bodies, and to include this in religious education. With the latter, the article moves beyond a wide-spread faith development application and argues against the false assumption as if children and adolescents could not understand and consider Conjunctive Faith. EXTENDING OUR VISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL GROWTH AND ENGAGING IN EMPIRICAL SCRUTINY: PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE OF FAITH DEVELOPMENT THEORY Heinz Streib Research Center for Biographical Studies in Contemporary Religion, University of Bielefeld AbstractThis article evaluates the portrait of faith development theory and research in James Fowler's article, "Faith Development at 30." Questions are raised: Does Fowler's emphasis on the practical-theological and pastoral focus of faith development contradict its aspiration and disposition for empirical scrutiny? Does Fowler's principal concern with the reactions from Christian theologians and religious educators indicate disregard of and from psychology? Both questions can be denied with reference to the large amount of research projects which use and apply the faith development perspective. The article suggests further engagement in theory discussion, methodological clarification and empirical research; it invites networking among researchers and indicates future research strategies. But also the practical-theological relevance of faith development theory, especially for religious education, are demonstrated with reference to recent research. The article concludes, in agreement with Fowler, with a proposal to notice the importance of the Conjunctive Faith style for social bodies, and to include this in religious education. With the latter, the article moves beyond a wide-spread faith development application and argues against the false assumption as if children and adolescents could not understand and consider Conjunctive Faith.

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Faith Development Theory Revisited: The Religious Styles Perspective

Cited by 133 publications

References 22 publications

Religious Styles Predict Interreligious Prejudice: A Study of German Adolescents with the Religious Schema Scale

Religious Styles Predict Interreligious Prejudice: A Study of German Adolescents with the Religious Schema Scale

A structural analysis of deconversion processes in adolescence: The construction of the Adolescent Deconversion Scale

Extending Our Vision of Developmental Growth and Engaging in Empirical Scrutiny: Proposals for the Future of Faith Development Theory

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