The spiritual component of growth and development

refers to individuals understanding of their relationship with the universe and their perceptions about the direction and meaning of life.

FAITH = form of knowing, a way ofpotentiated with Human beings are genetically being

They are a to develop faith. in relation to an ultimate environment of readiness combination

knowledge and values. HeThe development of faith is of faith as describes the development an interactive
a force that gives the person and the environment. process between meaning to a persons life. FAITH = relational phenomenon

Stage Stage Conjunctive Stage Undifferentiated Faith (0-3 years) Stage Individuative 5 Synthetic 0 Reflective 4 3 Conventional

Description

It is rare for people to reach Infant unable to formulate Moststage before mid-life.stage this people move on to thisthe This is the about self or often concepts tough stage, This as teenagers.when people when begun in young adulthood,begin is the point At this point, their environment. life has grown to include several people startthe limits of logic to realize seeing outside the (After 30 different social circles and there Stage Intuitive box and realizing accept the are This is the stagethat there start to of preschool years) is a need in which all together. it (After 18 1 Projective children to pull They begin to (Adolescent paradoxes in life. They begin to other "boxes". fantasy and When this happens, a person years) or Adult) see reality a mystery mixedallcritically examineget and often life as often their beliefs usually adopts some sort of (4-6 y/o) together. However, duringand onencompassing belief system. return to sacred stories this their own and often become stage, but basic ideas disillusioned moststage,without symbols our with time people However, at this their former this about toIronically, the picked 3 God in hard time seeing being stuckare a theological box. faith. have a usually Stage up tend from our parents and/or people usually thinkand don't outside their box that Stage society. 4 people they become recognize that have are "inside" a Stage Mythic When children when in reality belief system. At this school"backsliders" become stage, 2 Literal authority is actually moved Stage Universalizing age, they start understanding Few people reach this stage. they have usually placed in Faith theindividuals or groups lives world do live logical ways. 6 Those whoin more theirthat to forward. representin service of others They generally accept the the full one's beliefs. [This is the stage anyto them by their (Maybe (7-12 y/o) stories told which many people without in real worries or never) remain.] faith community but tend to doubts. understand them in very literal ways. [A few people remain in this stage through adulthood.]

The theory is a grand attempt to

understand how people find meaning in todays

contemporary world.

Once understood, they will have a whole

Simplified version by M. Scott Peck IV. People who reach this Mystical- Those who break out of stage start to people At this stage realize II. III. FormalInstitutional that there is truthof Communal Skepticrely on some sort to the previous stage Individual usually do so(such as a institution when the be found in both they I. Chaotic- church)stuck atthem People to give this previous seriously start two stages Antisocial stability. They can be stagethat usually selfquestioning things on and are life become centered andand fullfind their own. A lot forms attached to the of the paradoxical often of themselves in and is of their religion endsget time, this stagetrouble mystery. Emphasis up being due to theirwhen extremelynon-religious placed more on very upset unprincipled thaninto and some people stay in these are called on community living. If they do end up individual concerns. it permanently question. converting to the next stage, it often occurs in a very dramatic way.

new level at which they will be

able to relate to others.