Let the Children Come
Subtitle: Reimagining Childhood from a Christian Perspective (Families and Faith Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: August 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780787956653
Subjects: Child care & upbringing; Christian life & practice; Theology - Lay; Christianity - Theology - General; Religion; Christian Education - Children & Youth; Christian Life - Parenting; Christian Theology - General; Religion / General; Religion / Theology; Religion : Christian Education - Children & Youth; Religion : Christian Life - Parenting; Christianity - Education - Children & Youth; General; Children (Christian theology)
First sentence: The longing for "operating instructions" (to recall Anne Lamott's phrase from the discussion in my Introduction) for child rearing did not emerge out of thin air.
Description: In this important and much-needed book, theologian, author, and teacher Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore writes about the struggle to raise children with integrity and faithfulness as Christians in a complex postmodern society. Let the Children Come shows that the care of children is in itself a religious discipline and a communal practice that places demands on both congregations and society as a whole. The author calls for clearer and more defined ways in which Christians can respond to the call to nurture all children (not just their own) as manifestations of God's presence in the world. Miller-McLemore raises and investigates questions that up until now have largely been left unasked, such as: What are the dominant cultural perceptions of children— including religious perceptions— with which parents must grapple? How have Christians defined children and parenting, and how should they today?