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In June 2015, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission released 94 Calls to Action that urged reform of policies and programs to repair the harms caused by the Indian Residential Schools. This book is a response to Call to Action 6 - the call to repeal Section 43 of Canada's Criminal Code, which justifies the corporal punishment of children.

Table of Contents
  • Part I. Setting the Stage: Indian Residential Schools, Canadian Churches, and Corporal Punishment
  • Chapter 1. A Prophetic Call to Churches in Canada
  • Chapter 2. ‘I was Spanked and I’m OK’: Examining Thirty Years of Research Evidence on Corporal Punishment
  • Chapter 3. Corporal Punishment: The Child’s Experience
  • Chapter 4. Lies that have Shaped Us: Racism, Violence and Ageism in Canadian Churches
  • Part II. Examining Sacred Texts: Christian Theological Reflections on Corporal Punishment
  • Chapter 5. Acculturation, Enculturation and Social Imaginaries: The Complex Relationship between the Gospel and Culture
  • Chapter 6. Reading the Bible Redemptively
  • Chapter 7. What do we do with Proverbs?
  • Chapter 8. The Significance of Robust Theologies of Childhood for Honouring Children’s Full Humanity and Rejecting Corporal Punishment
  • Part III. Seeking Further Wisdom: Indigenous Parenting, Positive Approaches to Discipline and Spiritual Practices
  • Chapter 9. The Circle of Courage: Raising Respectful, Responsible Children through Indigenous Child Rearing Practices
  • Chapter 10. “Inunnguiniq” (The Making of a Human Being): Inuit Traditional Values and Child Rearing Practices
  • Chapter 11. Rethinking Christian Theologies of Discipline and Discipleship
  • Chapter 12. Walking the Path Toward Reconciliation: One Mother’s Transformative Journey from Parenting with Punishment to Parenting with Positive Discipline
  • Chapter 13. Whole Person Discipline: The Spiritual Nurture of Children
  • Part IV. Moving Toward Reconciliation: Reflections on the Theological Statement and (re)Imagining our Shared Future
  • Chapter 14. Developing a Theological Position Statement on Corporal Punishment: The Process Chapter 15. An International Perspective on the Canadian Theological Statement: Context, Tools and Encouragement
  • Chapter 16. “On Sparing the Rod and Spoiling the Child:” Preaching on Call to Action Number 6, and the Repeal of Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada
  • Chapter 17. An Opportune Time: Corrupt Imagination and Distorted Lives
  • Chapter 18. Hiding, Finding and Breaking: One Man’s Journey to Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Violence
  • Chapter 19. Let these be Hands that Bless

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    Publisher: MP-MTB University of Manitoba Press
    Publication Date: 9/30/2020 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780887558658, 978-0887558658
    ISBN10: 0887558658
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    Comparative politics Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    In June 2015, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission released 94 Calls to Action that urged reform of policies and programs to repair the harms caused by the Indian Residential Schools. This book is a response to Call to Action 6 - the call to repeal Section 43 of Canada's Criminal Code, which justifies the corporal punishment of children.

    Table of Contents
    • Part I. Setting the Stage: Indian Residential Schools, Canadian Churches, and Corporal Punishment
    • Chapter 1. A Prophetic Call to Churches in Canada
    • Chapter 2. ‘I was Spanked and I’m OK’: Examining Thirty Years of Research Evidence on Corporal Punishment
    • Chapter 3. Corporal Punishment: The Child’s Experience
    • Chapter 4. Lies that have Shaped Us: Racism, Violence and Ageism in Canadian Churches
    • Part II. Examining Sacred Texts: Christian Theological Reflections on Corporal Punishment
    • Chapter 5. Acculturation, Enculturation and Social Imaginaries: The Complex Relationship between the Gospel and Culture
    • Chapter 6. Reading the Bible Redemptively
    • Chapter 7. What do we do with Proverbs?
    • Chapter 8. The Significance of Robust Theologies of Childhood for Honouring Children’s Full Humanity and Rejecting Corporal Punishment
    • Part III. Seeking Further Wisdom: Indigenous Parenting, Positive Approaches to Discipline and Spiritual Practices
    • Chapter 9. The Circle of Courage: Raising Respectful, Responsible Children through Indigenous Child Rearing Practices
    • Chapter 10. “Inunnguiniq” (The Making of a Human Being): Inuit Traditional Values and Child Rearing Practices
    • Chapter 11. Rethinking Christian Theologies of Discipline and Discipleship
    • Chapter 12. Walking the Path Toward Reconciliation: One Mother’s Transformative Journey from Parenting with Punishment to Parenting with Positive Discipline
    • Chapter 13. Whole Person Discipline: The Spiritual Nurture of Children
    • Part IV. Moving Toward Reconciliation: Reflections on the Theological Statement and (re)Imagining our Shared Future
    • Chapter 14. Developing a Theological Position Statement on Corporal Punishment: The Process Chapter 15. An International Perspective on the Canadian Theological Statement: Context, Tools and Encouragement
    • Chapter 16. “On Sparing the Rod and Spoiling the Child:” Preaching on Call to Action Number 6, and the Repeal of Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada
    • Chapter 17. An Opportune Time: Corrupt Imagination and Distorted Lives
    • Chapter 18. Hiding, Finding and Breaking: One Man’s Journey to Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Violence
    • Chapter 19. Let these be Hands that Bless

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