Children and childhood in American religions

Browning, Don S. (Added Author). Miller-McLemore, Bonnie J. (Added Author).

Summary: Whether First Communion or bar mitzvah, religious traditions play a central role in the lives of many American children. In this collection of essays, leading scholars reveal for the first time how various religions interpret, reconstruct, and mediate their traditions to help guide children and their parents in navigating the opportunities and challenges of American life. The book examines ten religions, among other topics:. * How the Catholic Church confronts the tension between its teachings about children and actual practice. * The Oglala Lakota's struggle to preserve their spiritual tradit.

Record details

ISBN: 9780813546957 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0813546958 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780813544809
ISBN: 0813544807
ISBN: 9780813544816
ISBN: 0813544815
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (viii, 233 p.)
Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User. Multi-User OldControl:muse9780813546957
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Mainline Protestants and children / Margaret Bendroth -- Conservative Protestants on children and parenting / John P. Bartkowski and Christopher G. Ellison -- The status of children within the Roman Catholic Church / Jennifer Beste -- Judaism and children in the United States / Elliot N. Dorff -- The Black church and children / Cheryl Townsend Gilkes -- Later-day Saint children and youth in America / David C. Dollahite -- Native American children and religion / Roger Iron Cloud and Raymond Bucko -- Children in American Islam / Jane I Smith -- Hindu children in the United States / Raymond Brady Williams -- Buddhism and children in North American / Rita M. Gross -- Asian American Confucianism and children / Jeffrey Meyer -- Immigrant parochial schools: religion, morality, citizenship / Paul D. Numrich -- The law's influence over children's religious development / Emily Buss.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.