becoming adult becoming christian adult development and christian faith
in this updated reissue of his 1984 classic james fowler applies his groundbreaking research on the development of faith to christianity . in his revised first chapter fowler locates his approach to the study of human and faith development in relation to the contemporary conversation about identity and selfhood in postmodernity . fowler invites readers to explore what it means to find and claim vocation a purpose for ones life that is part of the purposes of god . reclaiming covenant and vocation as ideals for responsible mature christian selfhood fowler shows how a dynamic understanding of what vocation involves can both inform and transform lives .