| Chrysalis: The hidden transformation in the journey of faith
By: Alan Jamieson
Copies available from within NZ $40 (postage incl) email aj@portland.org.nz for orders
RECOMMENDATION From Len Sweet "With Chrysalis, Alan Jamieson emerges as the dominant journey-theologian of our time. A book of immense spiritual wealth, Jamieson's serene, soaring mastery of the spiritual journey is destined to become a classic."
A title in the series - FAITH IN AN EMERGING CULTURE Published by Paternoster Press UK
Chrysalis uses the life-cycle of butterflies as a metaphor for the faith journey that many contemporary people are experiencing. Drawing on the three principal phases of a butterfly's life and the transformations between these phases the book suggests subtle similarities with the zones of Christian faith that many encounter.
For butterflies and Christians change between these "phases" or "zones" is substantial, life-changing and irreversible. Because for generations the butterfly has been a symbol of the soul, (even the Greek word for soul and butterfly are the same) it is an evocative and meaningful analogy.
This book accompanies ordinary people in the midst of substantive faith change. It is also an excellent resource for those who choose to support others through faith transformations. Chrysalis is primarily pastoral and practical drawing on the author's experience of accompanying people in the midst of difficult personal faith changes.
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A Churchless Faith
By: Alan Jamieson (SPCK 2002)
RECOMMENDATION by Len Sweet - "Of all the 'original research' into
congregational life that has taken place in the past decade, Alan's
work on church leavers is the most important. It's impact has been
enormous. I require it [to be read] by all my doctoral students of
divinity, and it is referenced wherever I go."
RECOMMENDATION by
Prof Robin Gill - "This is a lively and topical book ...it is written
very fluently, it is based upon genuine research and it tackles an
issue that is extremely important to churches today - namely finding
out why people leave churches." (Professor Robin Gill, Michael Ramsey
Chair of Modern Theology, University of Kent at Canterbury.)
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Journeying in Faith
By: Alan Jamieson (SPCK 2004)
The journey of faith is not easy, particularly for those who find
themselves inextricably drawn beyond the confines of established
religion towards the unknown horizons of Christian belief.Journeying in
Faith is a provocative and moving book exploring the kind of faith that
is built up by many church leavers in the dark and lonely places of
faith, and how that faith can be nurtured and developed.
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Church Leavers: Faith Journey's Five Years On
By: Alan Jamieson, Jenny McIntosh & Adrienne Thompson (SPCK 2006)
Continues the research of church leavers five years on.The book
combines two stories. Firstly, the faith journeys of the church leavers
who lay behind A Churchless Faith. This new book goes back to these
people and asks how their faith and connections with church have
changed over the years. Sold in NZ and Australia as 'Five Years On' |
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