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Fowler Faith Development Scale. A portion of the survey that you just took is a commonly used instrument for this purpose Leak 1999. I have added a reference to a more recent publication by Leak to the article. Faith Development Scale FDS construction. The FDT is explored in-depth and Fowlers seven aspects of influencing the stages of faith development are.
While attempting to understand how his faith formed and where he should go from a point of questioning and doubt JW. Stages that showed how faith could develop from birth all the way through adulthood. The Faith Development Scale was first described by Gary Leak and his colleagues in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion for 1999. The stages of faith are primal faith pre-stage intuitive-projective faith 1 mythic-literal faith 2 synthetic-conventional faith 3 individuative-reflective faith 4 conjunctive faith 5 and universalizing faith 6. The basic theory can be applied not only to those in traditional faiths but those who follow alternative spiritualities or secular worldviews as well. Faith Development was measured using the Revised Faith Development Scale FDS by Harris and Leak 2013.
The Faith Development Scale was first described by Gary Leak and his colleagues in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion for 1999.
More importantly Fowlers Stages of Faith theory has been used in pastoral counseling and spiritual care and continues to be taught in seminaries and other faith-based educational institutions worldwide. The Faith Development Scale was first described by Gary Leak and his colleagues in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion for 1999. Fowlers theory on stages of faith development is introduced and the concept of faith is defined. Various instruments have been devised to measure faith development including the faith development interview FDI faith styles scales FSS and faith development scale FDS Parker 2006. Faith Development was measured using the Revised Faith Development Scale FDS by Harris and Leak 2013. Stages that showed how faith could develop from birth all the way through adulthood.