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The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective

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The Reciprocating Self is an excellent source for developmental psychology. I use this as a core text in a human development course I teach in a Christian University's marriage and family therapy program. I especially apprecite the authors' discussion of the values inherent in developmental research and theory. They do this through their identification and discussion of developmental teleology. Through the optimal identification of human development, one may ascertain the values implied in a developmental framework. In the begining of the work, they identify their own developmental teleology relying on Trinitarian theology. Thus they define the reciprocating self as the goal of human development. The remainder of the text reviews and critiques lifespan approaches, i.e., school age children, older adulthood, from their perspective. The focus is on mutual dialogue including both their model and respectable social science. My students have also commented on how easy this book reads.

I enjoyed reading the book and found that its exploration of this particular intersection of psychology and theology was refreshing and practical in my work as a psychotherapist.

This book gives a great understand of human development as it reflects upon God's design for interaction. If you are a student, parent, teacher, pastor, this is a great book to get!

This is a great book that covers the development of adolescents both male and female and how their physical developments relate to the emotional and spiritual developments. This is a great book if you are a parent, a youth leader, or any one who wants to understand how relationships develop with pre-pubescent through late adolescent individuals. This book also covers how to transform/develop healthy relationships that will reciprocate.