Let the Children Come

Reimagining Childhood from a Christian Perspective

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Pastoral Ministry, Christian Life
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Author: Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore ISBN: 9781506454580
Publisher: Fortress Press Publication: March 1, 2019
Imprint: Fortress Press Language: English
Author: Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
ISBN: 9781506454580
Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication: March 1, 2019
Imprint: Fortress Press
Language: English

Explore what faithful parenting might look like today

In Let the Children Come, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore explores the question, What does faithful parenting look like today?

As she addresses this query, she updates outmoded and distorted assumptions about and conceptions of children in popular US culture. She also shows important insights and contributions religious traditions and communities, Christianity in particular, make as we examine how to regard and treat children well.

Miller-McLemore draws on historical and contemporary understandings of Christianity, psychology, and feminism to push back against negative trends, such as the narcissistic use of children for adult benefit, the market use of children to sell products, and the failure to give children meaningful roles in the domestic work of the family and the life of wider society.

Miller-McLemore views children as full participants in families and religious communities and as human beings deserving of greater respect and understanding than people typically grant them. In particular, the book rethinks five ways adults have viewed (and misperceived) children--as victims, sinful, gifts, work (the labor of love), and agents.

Reimagining children, she proposes, will lead to a renewed conception of the care of children as a religious practice.

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Explore what faithful parenting might look like today

In Let the Children Come, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore explores the question, What does faithful parenting look like today?

As she addresses this query, she updates outmoded and distorted assumptions about and conceptions of children in popular US culture. She also shows important insights and contributions religious traditions and communities, Christianity in particular, make as we examine how to regard and treat children well.

Miller-McLemore draws on historical and contemporary understandings of Christianity, psychology, and feminism to push back against negative trends, such as the narcissistic use of children for adult benefit, the market use of children to sell products, and the failure to give children meaningful roles in the domestic work of the family and the life of wider society.

Miller-McLemore views children as full participants in families and religious communities and as human beings deserving of greater respect and understanding than people typically grant them. In particular, the book rethinks five ways adults have viewed (and misperceived) children--as victims, sinful, gifts, work (the labor of love), and agents.

Reimagining children, she proposes, will lead to a renewed conception of the care of children as a religious practice.

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