The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior During the University Years
by Steven Garber
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Voted one of Christianity Today's 1998 Books of the Year!All kinds of important choices are made during the college years. Young men and women explore what they really believe about the nature of the world and the purpose of life. They choose their work. They build friendships or even choose to marry. They develop goals and adopt habits that may very well last a lifetime.Yet late modernity is not a welcome environment for the emotional, intellectual and spiritual formation that occurs during show more these critical years. Society is increasingly fragmented. And the educational system itself, fragmented and specialized, may disintegrate more than it integrates.Professors, campus ministers, parents, youth pastors and others who are concerned with college students face an immense challenge in these days. How do they help Christian students, during one of the most eventful and intense periods of life, learn to connect what they believe about the world with how they live in it?Drawing on the history of ideas, ethics, sociology and a host of examples from contemporary popular culture, Steven Garber vigorously engages just that question. His book, The Fabric of Faithfulness, is must reading for all those who work on campuses and care about today's students. show lessTags
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The principles laid out are important and well-articulated, but I would have liked more practical suggestions for applying them.
Author Steven Garber challenges Christian educators and students to answer the question, "Why do you get up in the morning?" He explores the issue of life's purpose from a reasoned, Christian worldview. How can a young, educated individual remain faithful and make a difference for Christ in society? Garber's influence by Francis Schaeffer and other Christian thinkers is evident. He provides fodder for educators to explore how to mentor young people as they find their place and voice in the world. A commendable effort. It contains 21 pages of endnotes and bibiliography.
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Steven Garber is the principal of The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation Culture, which is focused on the meaning of vocation and the common good. A consultant to foundations, corporations and schools, he is the author of The Fabric of Faithfulness.
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- 248.834 — Religion Christian practice & observance Christian experience, practice, life Christian Living for specific groups Christian Living for Young People
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- BV4531.2 .G37 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Practical Theology Practical Theology Practical religion. The Christian life
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