In the Eyes of the Beholder

A broad definition of faith is "confidence or trust in a person or thing." What really defines our faith is what we specifically have faith in. Dobbins had faith that while wearing his girlfriend's stockings he was untouchable, invincible. Kiowa's symbol of faith was in the New Testament and how he always had it tucked away. I think what makes both symbols of faith so real is the power that both men seemed to trust in. The stockings were just stockings, man-made, but reading this chapter seemed to hint that Dobbins believed in some higher power that protected him through the stockings. Kiowa and his relationship with the New testament also hints that he had faith in some higher power, especially just knowing the contents of the New Testaments.

Both Kiowa and Dobbins recognize a higher power when they set up camp in the church. It wasn't necessarily a religion that they agreed with but both felt the imminent power of a higher being. "It feels good when you just sit there, like you're in a forest and everything's really quiet, except there's still this sound you can't hear."
"Yeah."
"You ever feel that?"
"Sort of."

"Stockings" and "Church" both seem to show that faith isn't in one certain object or person, but rather in a higher power that virtually anyone can believe in, regardless of specific religion or denomination.