ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author offers succinctly one quote from a noted phenomenological philosopher about faith, one assertion by a gestalt therapist concerning the role of faith in readers lives and in respect of field theory in gestalt therapy, two sections from the New Testament that combined provide a balanced, Biblical definition of faith, and a couple of comments about faith from Paul of Tarsus, the apostle to the gentiles. All involve risk and trust. Experiential learning is based on faith, upon stepping into novel situations and testing one’s theories. In Christianity when one comes to believe in Christ and the light goes on about life because of the influence of the Holy Spirit, everything seems new and exciting. Eventually, after one has learned key tenets of theology and the practices of the particular church group with which one has identified, there is a plateau.
