Welcoming Children A Practical Theology of Childhood

Name: Welcoming Children A Practical Theology of Childhood
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ISBN: 9780827242517

ISBN-10: 0827242514

ISBN-13: 9780827242517

Edition: 2005

Authors: Joyce A. Mercer, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore

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Welcoming Children develops a theology of childhood both from a theological perspective and from practical experience in children and youth ministry. The author draws insights from classic and modern feminist theologians, pastoral theologians, and contemporary cultural criticism to offer strategies for educational and liturgical practices in congregations that welcome children and contribute to their flourishing. Mercer outlines a feminist practical theology of childhood exploring five basic theological claims: 1) children as gifts and parenting as a religious practice of stewardship; 2) welcoming those who care for children; 3) children as fully human; 4) children as part of God's…

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List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Chalice Press
Publication date: 11/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Foreword


Preface: Finding a Welcome for Children


Acknowledgments



Starting Small: A Way of Doing Theology of Childhood



Whoever Welcomes One Such Child: Children in the Gospel of Mark



A Problem of Ambivalence: Children as Consumers in America



What Child Is This?: Religious Ambivalence toward Children



Educating Children in Congregations



Practicing Liturgy as a Practice of Justice with Children



Toward a Feminist Practical Theology of Childhood


Notes


Index