Children and Childhood in World Religions - Primary Sources and Texts

Informationen zum Autor DON S. BROWNING was a professor emeritus at the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Christian Ethics and Moral Psychologies and coeditor of American Religions and the Family: How Faith Traditions Cope with Modernization and Democracy. With Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Browning also edited Children and Childhood in American Religions. MARCIA J. BUNGE is professor of theology and humanities at Valparaiso University and director of the Child in Religion and Ethics Project. She is the editor of The Child inChristian Thought and coeditor of The Child in the Bible.  Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Examines the theme of children in major religions of the world. This 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction, by Marcia J. Bunge and Don S. Browning Judaism, by Elisheva Baumgarten Christianity, by Marcia J. Bunge and John Wall Islam, by Avner Giladi Hinduism, by Laurie L. Patton Buddhism, by Alan Cole Confucianism, by Yiqun Zhou Notes on Contributors Index

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• Authors: Don S. Browning, Don S. (EDT)/ Bunge Browning, Don S. Bunge Browning, Marcia J. Bunge
• Assisted by: Don S Browning (Editor), Don S. Browning (Editor), Don S. And Browning (Editor), Marcia J Bunge (Editor), Marcia J. Bunge (Editor)
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.08.2011
• EAN: 9780813551760
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-5176-0
• No. of pages: 412
• Series: Series in Childhood Studies (P; Rutgers Childhood Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works