Children, Adults, and Shared Responsibilities: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781107011144 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 339 str.

Marcia J Bunge

Opis

Collected essays discussing religious and ethical perspectives on children and obligations to them within the traditions of the Abrahamic religions.

Recenzje

'… the book brings the three traditions into conjunction with one another, with the aim of drawing upon the wisdom of each tradition - and one another's traditions as well … Highly recommended …' L. J. Alderink, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction Marcia J. Bunge; Part I. Religious Understandings of Children: Central Beliefs and Practices: 1. The concept of the child embedded in Jewish law Elliot N. Dorff; 2. Children's spirituality in the Jewish narrative tradition Sandy Eisenberg Sasso; 3. Christian understandings of children: central biblical themes and resources Marcia J. Bunge; 4. Human dignity and social responsibility: Catholic social thought on children William Werpehowski; 5. Islam, children, and modernity - a Qur'anic perspective Farid Esack; 6. Muslim youth and religious identity: classical perspectives and contemporary challenges Marcia Hermansen; 7. Imagining childism: how childhood should transform religious ethics John Wall; 8. Talking about childhood and engaging with children: a Christian perspective on interfaith dialogue Nelly Van Doorn-Harder; Part II. Responsibilities of Children and Adults: Selected Contemporary Issues and Challenges: 9. Work, labor, and chores: Christian ethical reflection on children and vocation Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore; 10. Honor your father and your mother - a Christian perspective in dialogue with contemporary psychological theories Annemie Dillen; 11. Will I have Jewish grandchildren? Cultural transmission and ethical and religious concerns among ethnoreligious minorities Sylvia Barack-Fishman; 12. Linking past and present: educating Muslim children in diverse cultural contexts Lily Zakiyah Munir and Azim Nanji; 13. Orphans and adoption: biblical themes, Christian initiatives, and contemporary ethical concerns Keith Graber Miller; 14. Second-hand children: a Jewish ethics of foster care in an age of desire Laurie Zoloth; 15. Christianity's mixed contributions to children's rights: traditional teachings, modern doubts Don S. Browning and John Witte, Jr; 16. Children's rights in modern Islamic and international law: changes in Muslim moral imaginaries Ebrahim Moosa.