{"product_id":"children-and-childhood-in-world-religions-primary-sources-and-texts-series-in-childhood-studies-series-in-childhood-studies-rutgers-childhood-studies-9780813551760","title":"Children and Childhood in World Religions Primary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"All of the world's religious traditions speak about childhood and children, yet surprisingly, childhood has not always been a central focus for scholarly reflection on religion. This volume seeks to redress this oversight by presenting primary sources from six of the world's major religious traditions. This is an interesting work on an important topic that has not received sufficient attention. Recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eChildren and Childhood in World Religions \u003c\/i\u003eprovides us with key primary sources from the great religious texts together with helpful scholarly introductions. The book offers an important supplement to the study of world religions on the topic of children and childhood—a dimension of human religious formation too often overlooked.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Paul Courtright * coeditor of From the Margins of Hindu Marriage *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction, by Marcia J. Bunge and Don S. Browning \u003cbr\u003e Judaism, by Elisheva Baumgarten\u003cbr\u003e Christianity, by Marcia J. Bunge and John Wall\u003cbr\u003e Islam, by Avner Giladi\u003cbr\u003e Hinduism, by Laurie L. Patton\u003cbr\u003e Buddhism, by Alan Cole\u003cbr\u003e Confucianism, by Yiqun Zhou\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405782458711,"sku":"9780813551760","price":34.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813551760.jpg?v=1730493598","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/children-and-childhood-in-world-religions-primary-sources-and-texts-series-in-childhood-studies-series-in-childhood-studies-rutgers-childhood-studies-9780813551760","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}