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.
Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books
explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral
sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and
marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians
to support the well-being of their clients.
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