The Reciprocating Self

human development in theological perspective

Plot

On The Basis Of A Theologically Grounded Understanding Of The Nature Of Persons And The Self, Jack O. Balswick, Pamela Ebstyne King And Kevin S. Reimer Present A Model Of Human Development That Ranges Across All Of Life's Stages: Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence, Young Adulthood, Middle Adulthood And Elder Adulthood. They Do This By Drawing On A Biblical Model Of Relationality, Where The Created Goal Or Purpose Of Human Development Is To Become A Reciprocating Self—fully And Securely Related To Others And To God. - From Publisher. Part I: Toward An Integrated Model Of Human Development -- The Developmental Dilemma -- The Reciprocating Self : A Trinitarian Analogy Of Being And Becoming -- Reciprocating Relationships -- The Reciprocating Self And Developmental Theory -- The Reciprocating Self And The Relation Developmental Systems Paradigm: Seeking A Common Ground Based On Relationality -- Part Ii: Life-span Stages -- Infancy : The Emergence Of The Reciprocating Self -- Childhood : The Reciprocating Self Goes To School -- Adolescence : More Reciprocity Than You Think -- Emerging Adulthood And Young Adulthood : The Solidifying Of The Reciprocating Self -- Middle Adulthood : The Generativity Of The Reciprocating Self -- Late Adulthood : The Senescing Of The Reciprocating Self -- Part Iii: Building The Scaffold : Applications For Ministry -- Special Issues In Human Development : Morality -- Reciprocating Spirituality -- Turning Steeples Into Scaffolds : The Reciprocating Religious Community. Jack O. Balswick, Pamela Ebstyne King, And Kevin S. Reimer. Caps Books, From Ivp Academic. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.