... more personal relationships within the faith community [Fowler]. Thus stage three is marked by the child reaching beyond the experiences of the family. Elias' transition to stage three development is brought on by his new ability to recognize the contradictions that emerge within the stories he has been taught. Fowler describes stage three as the Synthetic-Conventional faith that typically occurs ... to the individual to pursue due to its reliance on self reflection and evaluation. In examining my own life, I believe that according to Fowler's description of the stages of development, I...

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