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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Part One: The Context of Development; 1. Theories of Human Development; 2. Finding Faith: Life-Cycle Stages in Body, Mind, and Soul; 3. Human Development in Relational and Cultural Context; 4. The Family Context of Development: African American Families; Part Two: Life-Cycle Stages of Development; 5. Infancy: Faith before Language; 6. The Toddler and the Community; 7. The Oedipal Child and the Family Crucible: A Jungian Account; 8. Acculturation and Latency.

9. Early Adolescence: Venturing toward a Different World10. Identity in Middle and Late Adolescence; 11. The Differentiation of Self and Faith in Young Adulthood: Launching, Coupling, and Becoming Parents; 12. The Middle Years; 13. Faith and Development in Late Adulthood; 14. The Wages of Dying: Catastrophe Transformed; References and Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

This book, now in its second edition, brings together the best available understandings of human development from a multidisciplinary perspective. Uniquely inclusive of the moral and faith dimensions of context and life-cycle development, Human Development and Faith examines the interplay of mind, body, family, community, and soul at every stage of development. It addresses two central questions: What are the "good-enough" conditions of parenting, family, and community in each phase of life, from birth to death, that support growth and development? What gives life adequate meaning as developm.