ABSTRACT

There is little discussion within the field of sport psychology about how athletes understand Christian faith within the context of sport (Egli, Czech et al., 2014). Scholars have examined the experiences of Christian athletes (Czech et al., 2004; Mosley et al., 2015; Stevenson, 1997, 1991) and Christian coaches (Bennet et al., 2005; Egli et al., 2014); however, only a few attempts have been made to provide applied sport psychology consultants with relevant theoretical frameworks to address Christianity (Egli, Fisher and Gentner, 2014; Nesti, 2007; Sakar, Hill and Parker, 2014). The authors present another theoretical framework that they believe sport psychology consultants can utilize when working with Christian athletes and coaches – faith development theory (FDT). Fowler’s (1981) stages of faith model will be explained, as well as discussing its practical implications within sport psychology consulting.