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An edition of The vocation of the child (2008)

The vocation of the child

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"The calling of the child has been a perennial puzzle for the Christian community. What is childhood for? Is its main purpose play, work, growth, or some combination of the three? Most discussions of childhood tend to center on a child's rights or duties, marginalizing the child as an incomplete adult, insignificant until grown into independence. But if we believe that God has a vocation for every person, must we not also apply this to children?"

"The Vocation of the Child seeks to understand the child as a person in his or her own right, as a member of family and of community, and as a son or daughter of a God who came to earth as a child. Distinguished jurist Patrick McKinley Brennan has gathered fifteen other respected scholars from various fields to consider seriously the vocation of the child."--Jacket.

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William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
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English
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445

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Children (Christian theology) Children Christian life Christianity Religious aspects
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Table of Contents

Introduction
The vocation, calling, or office of a child
The vocation of the child : theological perspectives on the particular and paradoxical roles and responsibilities of children / Marcia J. Bunge
In search of real children : innocence, absence, and becoming a self in Christ / William Werpehowski
Luck, obedience, and the vocation of childhood / John E. Coons
The office of the child in the Christian faith : a theology of childhood / Vigen Guroian
Innocence, depravity, and hope for the freedom of the child
Christ the pediatrician : Augustine on the diagnosis and treatment of the injured vocation of the child / William Harmless
Thomas Aquinas and the paradigms of childhood / Philip L. Reynolds
Children play with God : a contemporary thomistic understanding of the child / Patrick McKinley Brennan
Hope for unbaptized infants : holy innocents after all? / Anthony J. Kelly
The rights, duties, and work of the child
The rights of children in medieval canon law / Charles J. Reid, Jr.
The duties of love : the vocation of the child in the household manual tradition / John Witte, Jr. and Heather M. Good
Children, chores, and vocation : a social and theological lacuna / Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
Deciding who the child will become
Who should decide what the child will become? / Charles L. Glenn
Soul for soul : the vocation of the child in lasallian pedagogy / Br. George Van Grieken
The vocation of the child as a learner / Elmer John Thiessen
The best interests of the child : modern lessons from the Christian traditions / Robert K. Vischer.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Grand Rapids, Mich
Series
Religion, marriage, and family

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Dewey Decimal Class
233
Library of Congress
BT705 .V63 2008, BT705.V63 2008

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
445

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL16943005M
ISBN 13
9780802862402
LCCN
2008026252
OCLC/WorldCat
192083014
LibraryThing
6950529
Wikidata
Q117229054
Goodreads
4140078

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OL18653552W

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