The mystery of the child
By: Martin E. Marty.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780802817662
Subjects: Child care -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Parenting -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Mystery; Children
Description: "Drawing on literature as new as contemporary poetry and as old as the Bible, The Mystery of the Child encourages the thoughtful enjoyment of children Instead of the imposition of adult will and control. Indeed, Marty treats the impulse to control as a problem and highlights qualities associated with children - responsiveness, receptivity, openness to wonder - that can become sources of renewal for adults."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: The subject of care; title: Care as a problem; title: Care as control; title: The child as mystery; title: The mystery of change; title: Wonder in the provision of care; title: The child's selfin circumstances; title: Care for the child in context; title: Receptivity "beyond good and evil"; title: The abyss of mystery : postscript and prescript.