Table of Contents
Preface Felicity Brock Kelcourse vi
Acknowledgments x
About the Authors xii
Introduction Felicity Brock Kelcourse 1
Part 1 The Context of Development
1 Theories of Human Development Felicity Brock Kelcourse 25
2 Finding Faith: Life-Cycle Stages in Body, Mind, and Soul Felicity Brock Kelcourse 66
3 Human Development in Relational and Cultural Context Pamela Cooper-White 102
4 The Family Context of Development: African American Families Edward P. Wimberly 122
Part 2 Life-Cycle Stages of Development
5 Infancy: Faith before Language Denise A. Senter 138
6 The Toddler and the Community Karen-Marie Yust 155
7 The Oedipal Child and the Family Crucible: A Jungian Account Terrill L. Gibson 172
8 Acculturation and Latency Vivian Thompson Jacqueline Braeger 190
9 Early Adolescence: Venturing toward a Different World Ronald J. Nydam Arthur David Canales 211
10 Identity in Middle and Late Adolescence Alice Graham 231
11 The Differentiation of Self and Faith in Young Adulthood: Launching, Coupling, and Becoming Parents Bonnie Cushing Monica McGoldrick 244
12 The Middle Years Russell Haden Davis 259
13 Faith and Development in Late Adulthood K. Brynolf Lyon 276
14 The Wages of Dying: Catastrophe Transformed Claude Barbre 292
References and Bibliography 314
Index 356
Tables, Figures, and Illustrations
Table 1 Family Systems Theories: Leaders, Assumptions, Concepts 55
Table 2 Brain Function and Arousal Continuum 144
Table 3 Developmental Echoes of the Oedipal Event 181
Figure 1 Flow of Stress through the Family 60
Figure 2 Freud's Genogram 62
Figure 3 A Schematic View of Persons 70
Figures 4 & 5 Hypothetical Flow of Spiritual Energy in Worship 71
Figure 6 Erikson's Epigenetic Chart with Virtues and Vices 74
Figure 7 Therapeutic Process 200
Illustration 1 Baby Doll in Sand Tray 202
Illustration 2 Female Dolls and Male Dolls in Water 204
Illustration 3 Circle of Leaves with Turtles in Sand Tray 206
