The Decades of Life: A Guide to Human Development

by Capps, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780664232412
• ISBN10: 0664232418
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

In groundbreaking fashion Donald Capps builds on the previous work of Erik Erikson and James Fowler on the eight stages of life and faith development by focusing on the decades of life. This important modification allows developmental theory to be applied to the way people actually discuss life stages, which is in ten-year periods of peoples lives. Capps integrates the insights of psychology with those of pastoral care to show pastors and students how the decades of life impact churches and create situations and contexts for ministry.

Author Biography

Donald Capps is the William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
The Preadult Decades
The First Decade: The Hopeful Self	p. 3
The Second Decade: The Willing Self	p. 21
The Younger-Adult Decades
The Third Decade: The Purposeful Self	p. 45
The Fourth Decade: The Competent Self	p. 65
The Middle Adult Decades
The Fifth Decade: The Faithful Self	p. 83
The Sixth Decade: The Loving Self	p. 101
The Seventh Decade: The Caring Self	p. 123
The Older-Adult Decades
The Eighth Decade: The Wise Self	p. 145
The Ninth Decade: The Graceful Self	p. 171
The Tenth Decade: The Enduring Self	p. 193
Epilogue: The 100 Club	p. 211
References	p. 217
Index	p. 223
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