Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-323) and indexes.
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 in social context -- 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 -- Building the scaffold : applications for ministry. Special issues in human development : morality ; Differentiated faith : spiritual and religious development ; Turning steeples into scaffolds : the reciprocating religious community.
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.
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