How Faith MaturesWestminster John Knox Press, 1989 M01 1 - 252 pages How Faith Matures is a follow-up to C. Ellis Nelson's classic work, Where Faith Begins. Extending and developing the insights of that earlier volume, How Faith Matures proposes an alternative to the church school and presents a model that church professionals can apply to improve education in their church communities. |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Introduction | 11 |
The Social Construction of Beliefs | 19 |
Our Age of Secular Individualism | 21 |
Our Religious Experience | 42 |
A Biblical Model of Experience | 61 |
Why Is Experience Necessary? ཤྩ ༤ 5 The Situation | 78 |
The Person | 98 |
The Residue of Experience | 125 |
Experiential Religion | 151 |
Life Together | 153 |
Strategy for Faith Maturation | 182 |
Congregational Edification | 203 |
Notes | 231 |
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Common terms and phrases
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