Pt. 1. The cry of the spirit. What is a lifetime, and why do I live it? -- Examining the relationship between the human spirit and the divine -- Human development reenvisioned : the case of Helen -- Pt. 2. The triumph of negation. Infancy in psychological perspective : the emerging ego -- Infancy in theological perspective : the spirit's confrontation with nothingness -- Pt. 3. The struggle of the spirit. The toddler : conformity and the root of human freedom -- The Oedipal child : sex, death, and the origin of worship -- The school-age child : work and the ambiguity of achievement -- Pt. 4. The release of the spirit. Adolescence in psychological perspective : five axes of youth identity -- Adolescence in theological perspective : coming into the presence of God -- Young adulthood : risking identity in the service of love -- The middle years : ego transitions and transfigurations of the soul -- Beyond 65 : dreaming dreams and talking with God.
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