The reciprocating self : human development in theological perspective - Balswick, Jack O.; King, Pamela Ebstyne, 1968-; Reimer, Kevin S., 1968- (Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of Intervarsity Press, 2016)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-392) and indexes.
Keywords: Life cycle, Human -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Developmental psychology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Maturation (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christianity -- Psychology