The Reciprocating Self by Jack O Balswick

The Reciprocating Self by Jack O Balswick

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, 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 atdevelopmental 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 childfor 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. Throughout, Balswick, King and Reimer contend that, since God hascreated 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 preparing for or currently engaged in Christian ministry will be especially rewarded by the in-depth discussionof the implications for moral and faith development nurtured in the context of the life of the church.

Reimer, Kevin S.: - Kevin S. Reimer (PhD, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary) is director of undergraduate programs and student affairs, School of Education, University of California, Irvine. Reimer did his postdoctoral fellowship in moral psychology with Lawrence J. Walker at the University of British Columbia. He is published in the areas of cognitive, developmental and personality psychology. He has received research grants from the Fetzer Institute and the John Templeton Foundation and is ordained in the Presbyterian Church USA.

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ISBN 13	9780830851430
ISBN 10	0830851437
Title	The Reciprocating Self
Author	Jack O Balswick
Series	Christian Association For Psychological Studies Bks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	InterVarsity Press
Year published	2016-07-05
Number of pages	405
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