RT Article T1 Reading the Social Sciences Theologically (Part 1): Approaching and Qualifying Models of Human Development JF Christian education journal VO 16 IS 3 SP 458 OP 475 A1 Trentham, John David LA English YR 2019 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1689916117 AB Part 1 of 2. This series of articles seeks to present a viable hermeneutical framework according to which Christian scholars and educators may read social scientific literature with theological clarity. Part 1 establishes the manner in which Christians may profitably approach and qualify social science models of human development. The "principle of inverse consistency," introduced at the conclusion of this article, is put forth as a conceptual tool for interpreting developmental models with confessional and intellectual virtue. K1 inverse consistency K1 Appropriation K1 Integration K1 Human Development K1 Social Science K1 Hermeneutics K1 Theology K1 Christian Education DO 10.1177/0739891319885463