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EDCO 815 Chapter Readings Outline (Reading Report 2)

Family Life Cycle: Spirituality & Sexuality

(Modules 2 & 3)

Spirituality and the Family Life Cycle (Module 2)

Balswick & Balswick

Chapters 2, 8, 19

2: The Family as a Developing Biosocial System

oFamily-Systems Theory

Levels of Social Systems (World Social, Society, Community,

Congregation, Family, Parent, Sibling, and Individual systems)

Simple Feedback

Cybernetic Control

Morphogenesis

Reorientation

oBiological Influences on the Family

Genetic factors

Neurological Factors

oFamily-Development Theory

Premarital, Marital dyad, Triad, Completed Family, Family with

adolescents, Launching, Post-launching, Retirement

oAn Integration of Systems and Development Theories

Characteristics of Strong and Weak Families

Cohesion

Adaptability

Communication

Role Structure

8: Family Spirituality: Nurturing Christian Beliefs, Morals, and Values

oMoral Development

Obedience and punishment

Individualism and exchange

Interpersonal relationships stage

Maintaining social order

Social contract and individual rights

Universal principles stage

oFaith Development

Undifferentiated faith

Intuitive-protective faith

Mythical-literal faith

Synthetic-conventional faith

Individuative-reflective faith

Conjuntive faith

Universalizing faith

oA Trinitarian Model of Family Spirituality

Differentiation in Christ

Spiritual Differentiation in the Family

Family Spirituality and Sanctification

oDealing with Differences in Faith

oFamily Spirituality Embedded in Supportive Community

oFamily Spirituality as a Process

19: The Erosion of Biblical Truth in a Modern World

oModernity Defined

oThe Crisis and Challenge of Modernity

The Four Dimensions of Sociocultural Life

Consciousness (Subjective experiences and understanding)

Communication (Symbolic Social interaction)

Community (Institutional and Group Life)

Commodities (Economic life)

oThe Impact of Modernity on the Family

Fragmentation of Consciousness

Problem: has produced a crisis in the area of morality and authority

within the family.

False Hopes: traditionalism—an attempt to restore the family to

what it was in the past

Complexity of Communication

Problem: saps vitality from family life

False Hopes: overreliance on techniques of communication

Disintegration of Community

Problem: nuclear family has replaced the extended family in most

modern societies

False Hopes: some families become self-contained units; other

families turn to extrafamilial institutions for the care of dependent

members; and development of alternative family forms.

Dominance of Commodities

Problem: change the family from the basic unit of production to

the basic unit of consumption

False Hopes: feminist have argued that true equality for

housewives can be achieved only the state paying a wage for their

work

Carter and McGoldrick

Chapters 8

o8: Spirituality and the Family Life Cycle

oINTRO

oSpirituality and Religion in America

oThe Family Life Cycle and Spirituality

Children and Spirituality

oAdolescence: Identity Development and Spirituality

oEarly Adulthood: Time to Explore and Make Choices About Spiritual Beliefs

oMiddle Age: Beliefs Reaffirmed

oOlder Adults: Aging and Facing Mortality

oCONCLUSION

Garland

Chapter 4

4: A Biblical Frame for Defining Family

oIn the Beginning …

oJesus’ Life: A Transformation of “Family”

Family as vocation

The Role of Community in Family

A leaping babe

Angelic visitations

Spirit-filled prophets

Astonishing wisdom in a child

Emerging themes for understanding God’s intentions for family

life

oJesus’ Teachings by Word and Example

The Good News: The Faithful will Have Family

The Scene at the Cross

oThe Ethiopian Eunuch

oThe Family of God

oImplications for the Church

The Christian family is one of adoption.

Living faithfully as family is a Christian vocation.

Family relationships are not our first loyalty.

A congregation is a community.

Kostenberger

Chapter 6

The Christian Family: Family in the New Testament

oThe Example and Teaching of Jesus

First-century Palestine and Jesus’ Example

Jesus’ Teaching on the Family and Discipleship

Children in the Ministry of Jesus

oPaul’s Teaching on the Role of Fathers, Mothers, and Children

The Ancient Household and “Household Codes”

Children in Paul’s Teaching

Fathers and the Importance of Fatherhood in Paul’s Teaching

Mothers and the Importance of Motherhood in Paul’s Teaching

The Importance of Older Women Mentoring Younger Women

Older women

Younger women

oRoles and Responsibilities in Household according to

Scripture

oInsights from New Testament Family Relationships

oImplications

oConclusion

Yarhouse and Sells

Chapters 3-4

3: Bowenian Family Therapy

oIntro to Bowenian family therapy

oTheoretical and philosophical assumptions of Bowenian family therapy

oWhen families seek help

oThe approach to family therapy

Ask questions to help people to think about the challenges they are

facing

Therapist is likened to a “coach”

Therapist coaches client on how to establish (or re-establish)

person-to-person relationships with each member of the family to

avoid relating (or not) to family members through others

Usage of the genogram

oChristian perspective on Bowenian family therapy

Theoretical and philosophical assumptions

Model of family dysfunction and family functioning

oA redemptive focus on family functioning

Techniques in transgenerational family therapy

4: Strategic Family Therapy

oIntro to strategic family therapy

oHistory

oCommunication Research Phase, 1952-1966

oThe Therapeutic Phase, 1966-1995

Involuntary vs. voluntary behavior

Helplessness vs. power

Metaphorical vs. literal sequences

Hierarchy vs. equality

Hostility vs. love

oMilan Group, 1967-1999

Team intervention

Circular questioning

Neutrality

Positive connotations and rituals

oTheoretical and Philosophical assumptions of Strategic Family Therapy

Psychopathology as an interruption in the family life cycle

The power of the therapist to enact change

Circular model

Family stabilization

Logic and illogic of parodox

oWhen families seek help

oChristian perspective on strategic family therapy

Strategic theory and a Christian worldview

Nature of human condition

Strategic and biblical uses of paradox

Outwit, outplay, outlast

Sexuality and the Family Life Cycle (Module 3)

Balswick & Balswick

Chapters 13

13: Expressing Love—Achieving Intimacy

oExpressing feelings of Love

The Effects of Expressing Love

Nonverbal Expressions of Love

Obstacles to Expressing Love

The expression of love in parent/child relationships

The expression of love in Marriage

A biblical Model of expressiveness

Carter and McGoldrick

Chapters 6-7

6: Sexuality and the Family Life Cycle

oINTRO

oSexuality: Individual and Family Development

Boundaries

Sexual beliefs/messages and resulting feelings/behaviors

Intergenerational patterns related to sex and gender

Cultural norms

Religion, Sex and Sin

Social Class

Ethnic/Racial background

oSocietal organizing principles

Monogamy

Capitalism and patriarchy

oSexuality over the Family Life Cycle

Couplehood

Pregnancy

Adolescents and families

Midlife

Families with older family members

7: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals and the Family Life Cycle

oINTRO

oCurrent Status of LGBT Families in the US

Access to marriage

Family growth

oDiversity Among LGBT Families

oModels of LGBT Identity Development

oIdentity Management and Coming Out

oThe Family Life Cycle

Leaving home and staying connected: adulthood

Coupling

Parenting: families with young children

Parenting: families with adolescent children

Families in later life

oCONCLUSION

Kostenberger

Chapter 10

10: Abandoning Natural Relations: The Biblical Verdict on Homosexuality

oHomosexuality and the integrated nature of marriage and the family

oHomosexuality in the Old Testament

Sodom and Gomorrah

The Levitical Holiness Code

oHomosexuality in the New Testament

The Letter to the Romans

1 Corinthians

The Vice Lists Referring to Homosexuality in 1 Corinthians and

1Timothy

I Timothy

oConclusion

The Biblical Verdict on Homosexuality

Pro-homosexual Interpretations of Biblical Passages on

Homosexuality and Their Weaknesses

The Contemporary Debate

Practical Implications

Yarhouse and Sells

Chapters 5-6

5: Structural Family Therapy

oHistory of Structural Family Therapy

oTheoretical and Philosophical Assumptions of structural family therapy

Definition of family structure

Family subsystems

Boundaries

Alignments and coalitions

Triangulation

Power

Family mapping

oWhen families seek help

Accommodating

Assessment

Unbalancing

Tracking

Enactment

Boundary realignment

Reframing

oThe approach to family therapy: The Nelson Family

oChristian Perspective on structural family therapy

Theoretical and philosophical assumptions

Model of family dysfunction and family functioning

oConclusion

6: Psychodynamic Family Therapy

oINTRO to Psychodynamic family therapy

The British Psychoanalytic Association

Adler and the Society for Individual Psychology

Interpersonal psychoanalysis

oTheoretical and philosophical assumptions of psychodynamic family therapy

General overview of object relations family therapy

Transference

Countertransference

Process of therapy

An example of engagement with the Compton family

oChristian Perspective on psychodynamic family therapy

Philosophical and theoretical assumptions

Primary object

Model of family dysfunction and family functioning

Techniques in family therapy

oConclusion

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