Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Toward an integrated model of human development -- The developmental dilemma -- The reciprocating self : a trinitarian analogy of being and becoming -- Reciprocating relationships -- The reciprocating self and developmental theory -- The reciprocating self in social context -- Part II: Life-span stages -- Infancy : the emergence of the reciprocating self -- Childhood : the reciprocating self goes to school -- Adolescence : more reciprocity than you think -- Emerging adulthood and young adulthood : the solidifying of the reciprocating self -- Middle adulthood : the generativity of the reciprocating self -- Late adulthood : the senescing of the reciprocating self -- Part III: Building the scaffold : applications for ministry -- Special issues in human development : morality -- Differentiated faith : spiritual and religious development -- Turning steeples into scaffolds : the reciprocating religious community.