Bruce A. Stevens

Before Belief

Discovering First Spiritual Awareness

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Before Belief explores our first spiritual awareness, before language and cognitive understanding. This unconscious spiritual learning, beginning in infancy, is foundational for a relationship with God. The theoretical approach advanced in this volume is both constructive and pastorally sensitive.

Produktdetails

• Emerging Perspectives in Pastoral Theology and Care
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9781793607218
• ISBN-10: 1793607214
• Artikelnr.: 58039997

Autorenporträt

Bruce A. Stevens is the Wicking Professor of aging and practical theology at Charles Sturt University. His latest book is The Storied Self.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Some Maps Chapter 2: First Things First Chapter
3: From One Generation to the Next Chapter 4: The Senses Chapter 5: Sight
Chapter 6: Touch (including the Sense of Body) Chapter 7: Hearing Chapter
8: Smell Chapter 9: Taste Chapter 10: Revisiting Infantile Experience
Chapter 11: Into Language Chapter 12: Evaluation Chapter 13: Now for
Integration Chapter 14: Committed Living Chapter 15: Early Spirituality in
Ministry Conclusion Appendix: The Early Spirituality Profile Bibliography
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