The child's song

Theological ideas and biblical injunctions have frequently been employed to legitimate the physical abuse of children. Some theological ideas are inherently abusive because they create fear in a child's mind, causing a child to feel alone, odd, and of little worth. Donald Capps exposes the abuses that theology and the Bible have inflicted on vast numbers of children. In particular, he is concerned with the "hidden" abuses of children by well-intentioned adults and the role that religion plays in the legitimation of these abuses.

Author: Donald Capps
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 01/01/1995
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.97h x 5.99w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780664255541

About the Author
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Donald Capps is Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has written many books, including The Decades of Life and Jesus the Village Psychiatrist.