Throughout history, Christians have
reached for a variety of metaphors to try and understand and explain the
journey of discipleship.
The Way Through the Trees
presents a case for the concept of development in faith through
engagement with scripture, the Christian Tradition and modern theology.
It it, Sarah Brush also offers an important introduction to some of the
multiple ways of understanding faith development which predominate today
– from the single trajectory approach described by Fowler or Rohr, to
the cyclical pattern identified by McLaren.
Demonstrating how scripture supports the concept of faith as not a simple, one-off conversion but of continuing discipleship, The Way Through the Trees explores
the way faith grows through wisdom from the Christian Tradition
alongside the most significant modern models of faith development, newly
categorised in three groups according to the movement of faith within
the models. Through exploring the various existing models and the new
narrative metaphor, and culminating in a new model which draws from all
that has preceded it, the book seeks to equip people in understanding
their own faith journey and support others in theirs.