Animals and Innocents
Theological Reflections on the Meaning and Purpose of Child-Rearing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10822992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Wall (0000-0003-0737-6505) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 559-582 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5736 • E-ISSN: 2044-2556 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/004057360305900404 |
| OpenAlex | W2325658040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This article develops a Christian ethics of child-rearing that addresses the plight of children in the United States today. It seeks greater clarity on what Christians should view as child-rearing's larger meaning and purpose, as well as the responsibilities this meaning and purpose impose on parents, communities, churches, and the state. The article first explores three major but quite distinct models of child-rearing ethics in the Christian tradition—those of Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, and Friedrich Schleiermacher—and then proposes a new “critical covenant” that appropriates these traditions, in conjunction with feminist and liberationist critiques, into a publicly meaningful Christian ethics of child-rearing for today
Christian ethics · CLARITY · Covenant · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Theological Perspectives and Practices
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2016 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |