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Jack O. Balswick Livres
Jack Balswick est professeur de sociologie et de développement familial. Son travail explore en profondeur la dynamique des relations familiales et leur contexte sociétal. Il examine comment les forces sociales façonnent les liens intimes et comment les individus peuvent construire des structures familiales plus saines et plus résilientes. Son approche est analytique, se concentrant sur les aspects théoriques et pratiques de la vie familiale.




Authentic Human Sexuality - An Integrated Christian Approach
- 367pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Jack and Judith Balswick investigate how human sexuality originates both biologically and socially, lay groundwork for a normative Christian interpretation of sexuality, show how authentic sexuality is necessarily grounded in relationships, and explore forms of "inauthentic sexuality" such as sexual harassment, pornography and rape.
The Reciprocating Self - Human Development in Theological Perspective
- 405pages
- 15 heures de lecture
On the basis of a theologically grounded understanding of the nature of persons and the self, Jack O. Balswick, Pamela Ebstyne King and Kevin S. Reimer present a model of human development that ranges across all of life's stages. This revised second edition engages new research from evolutionary psychology, developmental neuroscience and positive psychology.