The Child in Christian ThoughtMarcia J. Bunge This volume offers the first major survey of the history of Christian thought on children. Each chapter, written by an expert in the field, discusses the particular perspectives on children held by influential theologians and Christian movements throughout church history, asking what resources they can contribute to a sound contemporary view of childhood and child-rearing. Intended for all readers, this needed book will be a valuable resource for laying the foundation for a new, more meaningful Christian view of childhood today. Contributors: |
Contents
The Least and the Greatest Children in the New Testament | 29 |
The Ecclesial Family John Chrysostom on Parenthood and Children | 61 |
Where or When Was Your Servant Innocent? Augustine on Childhood | 78 |
A Person in the Making Thomas Aquinas on Children and Childhood | 103 |
The Child in Luthers Theology For What Purpose Do We Older Folks Exist Other Than to Care for the Young? | 134 |
The Heritage of the Lord Children in the Theology of John Calvin | 160 |
Complex Innocence Obligatory Nurturance and Parental Vigilance The Child in the Work of Menno Simons | 194 |
Wonderful Affection SeventeenthCentury Missionaries to New France on Children and Childhood | 227 |
Horace Bushnells Christian Nurture | 350 |
African American Children The Hope of the Race Mary Church Terrell the Social Gospel and the Work of the Black Womens Club Movement | 365 |
Reading Karl Barth on Children | 386 |
Infinite Openness to the Infinite Karl Rahners Contribution to Modern Catholic Thought on the Child | 406 |
Let the Children Come Revisited Contemporary Femimst Theologians on Children | 446 |
Select Bibliography | 474 |
Contributors | 498 |
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Education and the Child in EighteenthCentury German Pietism Perspectives from the Work of A H Francke | 247 |
John Wesley and Children | 279 |
Children of Wrath Children of Grace Jonathan Edwards and the Puritan Culture of Child Rearing | 300 |
Be Converted and Become as Little Children Friedrich Schleiermacher on the Religious Significance of Childhood | 329 |
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Page 18 - Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
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