The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior

Steven Garber

InterVarsity Press, Jan 11, 2007 - Religion - 222 pages

Voted one of Christianity Today's 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 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.

Contents

• Preface: 13
• Acknowledgments: 23
• LEARNING TO CARE: 37
• THE PROBLEM AND ITS PARAMETERS: 54
• EDUCATION FOR WHAT PURPOSE?: 76
• MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL: 100
• A WORLDVIEW A WAY OF Life: 122
• MASTERS MENTORS AND MORAL MEANING: 139
• THE CONTEXT OF A COMMON LIFE: 156
• CONVICTIONS CHARACTER COMMUNITY INCARNATE: 175
• The Vocation of Healed Healers: 193
• Notes: 201
• Bibliography: 215

About the author

Steven Garberis the director of The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation Culture, an educational center in Washington, D.C. For many years he was a member of the faculty of the American Studies Program on Capitol Hill. He served as Scholar in Residence for the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities and as Lilly Faculty Scholar at Calvin College. Garber is a Senior Fellow for both the C. S. Lewis Institute and the Fellows Initiative.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior
• Author: Steven Garber
• Edition: revised, annotated
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press, 2007
• ISBN: 0830833196, 9780830833191
• Length: 222 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Living / General; Religion / Christian Ministry / Discipleship