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Children and Childhood in American Religions /

"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 opport...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Miller-McLemore, Bonnie J., Browning, Don S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mainline Protestants and children / Margaret Bendroth
  • Conservative Protestants on children and parenting / John P. Bartkowski ; 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
  • Latter-day Saint children and youth in America / David C. Dollahite
  • Native American children and religion / Roger Iron Cloud ; Raymond Bucko
  • Children in American Islam / Jane I. Smith
  • Hindu children in the United States / Raymond Brady Williams
  • Buddhism and children in North America / 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.