Research Catalog

Title

Religious dimensions of child and family life : reflections on the UN convention on the Rights of the Child / edited by Harold Coward and, Philip Cook.

Publication

Victoria, B.C. : University of Victoria, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, c1996.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Coward, Harold G.
• Cook, Philip H. (Philip Hilton), 1961-
• University of Victoria (B.C.). Centre for Studies in Religion and Society

Description

203 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This volume seeks to examine child and family life from the perspective of various religious traditions in relation to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Special attention is paid to the religions' moral codes of conduct governing parental behaviour, child rearing norms, and the role of children in spiritual practice. Eight of the world's most practised religions are discussed: Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Bahai religion, Chinese popular practice, Hinduism, and North American Native spiritual belief. The purpose is to see where the religions positively support the UNCRC and where they criticize or disagree with the ideas of the Convention. Each religion has very clear notions as to the functioning of the child in the context of the family. When considered in relation to the UN Convention, these ideas provoke a lively discussion."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Čubrilović Familie : 19. Jh.-
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20)
• Child rearing > Religious aspects
• Families > Religious aspects
• Children's rights
• Families > Religious aspects
• Families > Religious life
• Enfants > Droits
• Famille > Vie religieuse
• Éducation des enfants > Aspect religieux
• Families > Religious life

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Child and family in Islam / Leila Lababidy -- Child and family in Christianity / Terence R. Anderson -- Child and family in Hinduism / Vasudha Narayanan -- Child and family in Buddhism / Rita M. Gross -- Child and family from an aboriginal perspective / Daisy Sewid-Smith -- Child and family in Judaism / David Kraemer -- Child and family in Chinese popular religion / Elizabeth Lominska Johnson -- Child and family in Bahāʼī religion / John S. Hatcher.

ISBN

155058104X

LCCN

cn^96910613^

OCLC

• 35971524
• SCSB-12119746

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library