The Resourceful Self: and a Little Child Shall Lead Them - Donald Capps - Books - Cascade Books - 9781625647412 - October 13, 2014
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The Resourceful Self: and a Little Child Shall Lead Them

Donald Capps

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The Resourceful Self: and a Little Child Shall Lead Them

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 resourceful self, and that this self counters the life-diminishing qualities of the melancholy self. Focusing on Erikson's own writings, Capps identifies the four primordial resources that Erikson associates with childhood--humor, play, dreams, and hope--and shows how these resources assist children in confronting life's difficulties and challenges. Capps further suggests that the resourceful self that develops in childhood is central to Jesus' own vision of what we as adults may become if we follow the lead of little children.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 13, 2014
ISBN13 9781625647412
Publishers Cascade Books
Pages 218
Dimensions 14 × 152 × 229 mm   ·   317 g
Language English  

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