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Resourceful Self, The: And a Child Shall Lead Them
Donald Capps
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Erik Erikson, best known for his life-cycle theory and concept of the identity crisis, proposed that we are comprised of a number of selves. In several earlier books, including 'At Home in the World', Donald Capps has suggested that the emotional separation of young children - especially boys - from their mothers results in the development of a melancholy self. In this book, Capps employs Erikson's assignment of an inherent strength to each stage of the life cycle and proposes that the life-enhancing strengths of the childhood years (hope, will, purpose, and competence) are central to the development of a ... Read more
Erik Erikson, best known for his life-cycle theory and concept of the identity crisis, proposed that we are comprised of a number of selves. In several earlier books, including 'At Home in the World', Donald Capps has suggested that the emotional separation of young children - especially boys - from their mothers results in the development of a melancholy self. In this book, Capps employs Erikson's assignment of an inherent strength to each stage of the life cycle and proposes that the life-enhancing strengths of the childhood years (hope, will, purpose, and competence) are central to the development of a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718893903
SKU
V9780718893903
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About Donald Capps
Donald Capps is William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology (Emeritus) and Adjunct Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author or editor of many books including 'Striking Out: The Religious Journey of Teenage Boys' (2011); 'At Home in the World: Psychoanalysis, Religion, and Art' (2013); 'Still Growing: The Creative Self in Older Adulthood' (2014); and (coauthored with Nathan ... Read more
Reviews for Resourceful Self, The: And a Child Shall Lead Them
"Capps offers the reader an in-depth and insightful study of how children develop resourceful selves that reflects his five decades long scholarly conversation with the works of Freud and Erikson. This work demonstrates Capps's own creative 'way of seeing things' and the artistry of a mature pastoral theologian." Carol L. Schnabl Schweitzer, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, VA "With unsurpassed ... Read more