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Stairways to Heaven: Honoring Dr. James Fowler
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What follows is an extraordinary hour-and-forty-five minute presentation of Dr. Fowler's body of work, led by Rollie Stanich with additional commentary by Ken Wilber.
Dr. James W. Fowler III is Professor of Theology and Human Development at Emory University, and was director of both the Center for Research on Faith and Moral Development and the Center for Ethics until he retired in 2005. He is a minister in the United Methodist Church, and is best known for his book Stages of Faith, published in 1981, in which he sought to develop the idea of a developmental process in faith.
During the 2007 Integral Spiritual Center conference, Integral Institute paid a formal tribute to Dr. Fowler's extraordinary body of work, presenting him with a very special lifetime achievement award—the first such Integral Spirituality Award ever given. It was an incredibly moving occasion for everyone involved, and remains one of the most poignant memories in Integral Spiritual Center's already abundant legacy.
In the first installation of this presentation, Rollie offers a simple overview of Dr. Fowler's work, demonstrates how it fits into the rest of the Integral model, and clarifies what exactly we mean by words like "faith" and "spirituality."
In the second installation of this presentation, Rollie offers an in-depth walkthrough of Fowler's Stages of Faith, complete with first-hand accounts, third-person descriptions, and concise summaries of the main breakdown points associated with each stage.
Part 3: Evolutionary Spirituality
In the third installation, Rollie and Ken discuss some of the critical contributions this sort of evolutionary approach to spirituality and religion has to offer the world.
