Proclaiming and cultivating ‘childlikeness': a subversive thread in Christian anthropology

If contemporary public discourse struggles with truncated notions of what it means to be human, nowhere is this more obvious than in our discussion and treatment of children. By and large, in our public discourse, we treat children as ‘little adults' - as consumers, objects of beauty and fashio...

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Published in:International journal of children's spirituality
Main Author: Wrigley-Carr, Robyn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2018]
In: International journal of children's spirituality
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
HC New Testament
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Friedrich von Hügel
B George MacDonald
B Gwendolen Greene
B Childlikeness
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