Children and childhood in world religions
Subtitle: primary sources and texts
By: edited by Don S. Browning and Marcia J. Bunge.
Contributors: Browning, Don S.; Bunge, Marcia J. 1954-
Series: Rutgers series in childhood studies
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780813545172
Subjects: Religions; Children -- Religious aspects
Description: "While children figure prominently in religious traditions, few books have directly explored the complex relationships between children and religion. This is the first book to examine the theme of children in major religions of the world. Each of six chapters, edited by world-class scholars, focuses on one religious tradition and includes an introduction and a selection of primary texts ranging from legal to liturgical and from the ancient to the contemporary. Through both the scholarly introductions and the primary sources, this comprehensive volume addresses a range of topics, from the sanctity of birth to a child's relationship to evil, showing that issues regarding children are central to understanding world religions and raising significant questions about our own conceptions of children today"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Judaism / Elisheva Baumgarten; title: Christianity / Marcia J. Bunge and John Wall; title: Islam / Avner Giladi; title: Hinduism / Laurie L. Patton; title: Buddhism / Alan Cole; title: Confucianism / Yiqun Zhou.