Religious upbringing and the costs of freedom
Subtitle: personal and philosophical essays
By: edited by Peter Caws and Stefani Jones.
Contributors: Caws, Peter.; Jones, Stefani, 1971-
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780271036793
Subjects: Religious biography
Description: "Brings together autobiographical narratives and reflections by philosophers who were brought up in strict religious environments"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The indoctrination project / Peter Caws and Stefani Jones; title: Part I: Childhood vulnerability and internalized belief; title: Indirect indoctrination, internalized religion, and parental responsibility / Christine Overall; title: Religious indoctrination and the wish for the irrevocable : reflections on a Muslim upbringing / Irfan Khawaja; title: From Fundamentalist to freethinker (it all began with Santa) Raymond D. Bradley; title: Growing up to question Catholicism : emotional suffering, the euthyphro, and the life of the mind / Damien Alexander Dupont; title: Part II: Reconfiguring the morality of indoctrination; title: Biting into the hermeneutical apple : biblical literalism and the lure of uncertainty / Amalia Jiva; title: Autonomy and indoctrination in Evangelical Christianity / Tasia Persson; title: Indoctrination, autonomy, and authenticity / Glen Pettigrove; title: Part III: Embodiment, family, and conflict; title: From revelation and faith to reason and agnosticism / Paul H. Hirst; title: For the love of paradox : Mennonite morality and philosophy / Diane Enns; title: Finding my voice / Stefani Jones; title: Tragedies of belief / Peter Caws.