9780830851430-0830851437-The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective (Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books)

The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective (Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books)

ISBN-13: 9780830851430
ISBN-10: 0830851437
Edition: Second Edition, Revised, Second
Author: Jack O. Balswick, Pamela Ebstyne King, Kevin S. Reimer
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: IVP Academic
Format: Paperback 405 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780830851430
ISBN-10: 0830851437
Edition: Second Edition, Revised, Second
Author: Jack O. Balswick, Pamela Ebstyne King, Kevin S. Reimer
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: IVP Academic
Format: Paperback 405 pages

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The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective (Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books) (ISBN-13: 9780830851430 and ISBN-10: 0830851437), written by authors Jack O. Balswick, Pamela Ebstyne King, Kevin S. Reimer, was published by IVP Academic in 2016. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Christian Living (Developmental Psychology, Psychology & Counseling, Evolutionary Psychology, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Developmental Psychology, Psychology, Christian Books & Bibles) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective (Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books) (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Christian Living books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $4.73.

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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. Along the way, they provide a context for understanding individual development issues―concerns, tensions, worries or crises encountered by the self in the context of change. Awareness of these issues is most pronounced at developmental transitional points: learning to talk and walk, beginning to eat unassisted, going to school, developing secondary sexual physical features, leaving home, obtaining full-time employment, becoming engaged and then married, having a child for the first time, parenting an adolescent, watching children move away from home, retiring, experiencing decline in physical and mental health, and, finally, facing imminent death. The authors contend throughout that, since God has created human beings for relationship, to be a self in reciprocating relationships is of major importance in negotiating these developmental issues. Critically engaging social science research and theory, The Reciprocating Self offers an integrated approach that provides insight helpful to college and seminary students as well as those serving in the helping professions. Those in Christian ministry will be especially rewarded by the in-depth discussion of the implications for moral and faith development nurtured in the context of the life of the church. In this revised and expanded second edition, Balswick, King and Reimer have added research from developmental neuroscience and neuropsychology, which connects transitional behavior to a changing brain. They have also included a wealth of research on the moral, spiritual and religious dimensions of human development, in which they introduce the notion of reciprocating spirituality. In addition the authors engage with the burgeoning fields of positive and evolutionary psychology.

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