Children and Childhood in World Religions : : Primary Sources and Texts / / ed. by Marcia J. Bunge, Don S. Browning.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Baumgarten, Elisheva,; Browning, Don S.,; Bunge, Marcia J.,; Cole, Alan,; Giladi, Avner,; Patton, Laurie L.,; Wall, John,; Zhou, Yiqun,
• HerausgeberIn: Browning, Don S.,; Bunge, Marcia J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (412 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Judaism -- 2 Christianity -- 3 Islam -- 4 Hinduism -- 5 Buddhism -- 6 Confucianism -- Contributors -- Index