Chrysalis uses the life-cycle of butterflies as a metaphor for the faith journey that many contemporary people are experiencing. Increasing numbers of Christian people find their faith metamorphosing beyond the standard images and forms of Christian faith but questions about where this may lead remain. Is this the death of personal faith or the emergence of something new? Could it be a journey that is Spirit-led? 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. This book accompanies ordinary people in the midst of substantive faith change. 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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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Dr N Cooper
Format:Paperback
Chrysalis is a book that describes the normal faith journey that many Christians go on, but few understand.
Some people reading this book won't necessarily "get it", but basically Alan Jamieson (minister and sociologist) brings together research, scripture and some of the early church fathers' writings in describing how Christian faith matures and changes over time.
He uses the Monarch butterfly's life cycle as an analogy (hence the title chrysalis). His description is wonderfully validating for people who are struggling in congregation bubbles that don't get them; and this book should be compulsory reading for ministers/pastors.
Highly recommended!
Some people reading this book won't necessarily "get it", but basically Alan Jamieson (minister and sociologist) brings together research, scripture and some of the early church fathers' writings in describing how Christian faith matures and changes over time.
He uses the Monarch butterfly's life cycle as an analogy (hence the title chrysalis). His description is wonderfully validating for people who are struggling in congregation bubbles that don't get them; and this book should be compulsory reading for ministers/pastors.
Highly recommended!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Daysie Day
Format:Paperback
Alan Jamieson writes movingly about the transformation which so many people of faith find themselves experiencing when traditional ways of expressing Christian spirituality no longer satisfy or seem relevant. He authenticates this experience by likening it to the metamorphosis of the caterpillar to a butterfly and also drawing on the wisdom of people who have passed through this 'dark night' before. He also challenges the Christian community to be inclusive of such people even when they appear to have stepped outside the culture and practice of church. A life affirming book.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Alastair Q
Format:Paperback
An interesting and helpful approach to ideas of faith development and churches as places to nourish those who are emerging from the chrysalis of doubt and loss of faith, to look for new ways of living with God.
Only criticism is that it is rather fragmented in later chapters - reads as if several disparate articles have been not entirely successfully edited together to make chapters.
That said, coming from a New Zealand post evangelical Anglican perspective and a publisher which has been historically on the conservative side, it is an interesting book. Well worth a read.
Only criticism is that it is rather fragmented in later chapters - reads as if several disparate articles have been not entirely successfully edited together to make chapters.
That said, coming from a New Zealand post evangelical Anglican perspective and a publisher which has been historically on the conservative side, it is an interesting book. Well worth a read.
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