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Welcoming Children

A Practical Theology of Childhood

  • Paperback
  • 308 pages
  • Publisher: Chalice Press
  • 15.3 x 22.7 x 2.1 cm

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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 purposes; and 5) acknowledging and transforming the sufferings of children. Her compelling argument reframes ministries with children as processes through which the church can become the foundation for children forming identities that resist consumerist culture and instead walk in the ways of Jesus.
Welcoming Children and Opening the Field of Practical Theology
Opening the Field of Practical TheologyWelcoming Children
  • Author

    Joyce Ann Mercer

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Chalice Press

  • Published

    November 2005

  • Edition

    annotated edition

  • Weight

    418g

  • Page Count

    308

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.7 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780827242517

  • ISBN-10

    0827242514

  • Eden Code

    4042835

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