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CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES This collection of essays by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scholars underscores the significance of sustained and serious ethical, inter- religious, and interdisciplinary reflection on children. Essays in the first half of the volume discuss fundamental beliefs and practices within the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam regardingchildren,adultobligationstothem,andachild’sownobli- gationstoothers.Thesecondhalfofthevolumefocusesonselected contemporary challenges regarding children and faithful responses tothem.MarciaJ.Bungebringstogetherscholarsfromvariousdis- ciplines and diverse strands within these three religious traditions, representingseveralviewsonessentialquestionsaboutthenatureand status of children and adult–child relationships and responsibilities. The volume not only contributes to intellectual inquiry regarding children in the specific areas of ethics, religious studies, children’s rights, and childhood studies, but also provides resources for child advocates, religious leaders, educators, and those engaged in inter- religiousdialogue. marcia j. bunge is Professor of Humanities and Theology at Christ College, the Honors College of Valparaiso University (Indi- ana); Director of the Child in Religion and Ethics Project; and the University’s W. C. Dickmeyer Professor. She is the translator and editor of selected texts by J. G. Herder entitled Against Pure Rea- son: Writings on History, Language, and Religion (1993). She has also edited and contributed to The Child in Christian Thought (2001); The Child in the Bible (2008, co-edited with Terence Fretheim and Beverly Roberts Gaventa); and Children and Childhood in World Religions: Primary Sources and Texts (2009, co-edited with Don S. Browning). CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives edited by MARCIA J. BUNGE cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb28ru,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107011144 (cid:2)c CambridgeUniversityPress2012 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2012 PrintedandboundintheUnitedKingdombytheMPGBooksGroup AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationdata Children,adults,andsharedresponsibilities:Jewish,Christian,and Muslimperspectives/editedbyMarciaJ.Bunge. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-1-107-01114-4(hardback) 1.Children–Conductoflife. 2.Children–Religiousaspects. 3.Children–Religiouslife. 4.Childrenandadults. 5.Conductoflife. 6.Children’srights–Religiousaspects. I.Bunge,MarciaJ.(MarciaJoAnn),1954– bj1631.c469 2012 205(cid:3).692–dc23 2012023151 isbn978-1-107-01114-4Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredto inthispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Withgratitude forthemanyjoys andinsights IsaacandAnja bringtomyfamilyandourcommunity and fortheamazinggifts andstrengths childrenandyoungpeople bringtofamiliesandcommunities aroundtheworld Contents Listofcontributors pagex Acknowledgments xiv Introduction 1 MarciaJ.Bunge part i religious understandings of children: central beliefs and practices 1 TheconceptofthechildembeddedinJewishlaw 19 ElliotN.Dorff 2 Children’sspiritualityintheJewishnarrativetradition 39 SandyEisenbergSasso 3 Christianunderstandingsofchildren:centralbiblical themesandresources 59 MarciaJ.Bunge 4 Humandignityandsocialresponsibility:Catholicsocial thoughtonchildren 79 WilliamWerpehowski 5 Islam,children,andmodernity:aQur(cid:2)anicperspective 99 FaridEsack 6 Muslimyouthandreligiousidentity:classicalperspectives andcontemporarychallenges 119 MarciaHermansen vii viii Contents 7 Imaginingchildism:howchildhoodshouldtransform religiousethics 135 JohnWall 8 Talkingaboutchildhoodandengagingwithchildren:a Christianperspectiveoninterfaithdialogue 152 NellyvanDoorn-Harder part ii responsibilities of children and adults: selected contemporary issues and challenges 9 Work,labor,andchores:Christianethicalreflectionon childrenandvocation 171 BonnieJ.Miller-McLemore 10 Honoryourfatherandyourmother:aChristian perspectiveindialoguewithcontemporary psychologicaltheories 187 AnnemieDillen 11 WillIhaveJewishgrandchildren?Cultural transmissionandethicalandreligiousconcernsamong ethnoreligiousminorities 202 SylviaBarackFishman 12 Linkingpastandpresent:educatingMuslimchildrenin diverseculturalcontexts 219 LilyZakiyahMunirandAzimNanji 13 Orphansandadoption:biblicalthemes,Christian initiatives,andcontemporaryethicalconcerns 237 KeithGraberMiller 14 Second-handchildren:aJewishethicsoffostercareinan ageofdesire 256 LaurieZoloth 15 Christianity’smixedcontributionstochildren’srights: traditionalteachings,moderndoubts 272 DonS.BrowningandJohnWitte,Jr. Contents ix 16 Children’srightsinmodernIslamicandinternationallaw: changesinMuslimmoralimaginaries 292 EbrahimMoosa Selectbibliography 309 Indexofnames 318 Indexofsubjects 321
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