The Vocation of the Child

by Brennan, Patrick McKinley

• ISBN13: 9780802862402
• ISBN10: 0802862403
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-16
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

The calling of the child has been a perennial puzzle for the Christian community. What is childhood for? Is its main purpose play, work, growth, or some combination of the three? Most discussions of childhood tend to center on a child's rights or duties, marginalizing the child as an incomplete adult, insignificant until grown into independence. But if we believe that God has a vocation for every person, must we not also apply this to children?

Author Biography

Patrick McKinley Brennan is professor of law and holds the John F. Scarpa Chair in Catholic Legal Studies at Villanova University School of Law

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. x
Permissions	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
The Vocation, Calling, or Office of a Child
The Vocation of the Child: Theological Perspectives on the Particular and Paradoxical Roles and Responsibilities of Children	p. 31
In Search of Real Children: Innocence, Absence, and Becoming a Self in Christ	p. 53
Luck, Obedience, and the Vocation of Childhood	p. 75
The Office of Child in the Christian Faith: A Theology of Childhood	p. 104
Innocence, Depravity, and Hope for the Freedom of the Child
Christ the Pediatrician: Augustine on the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Injured Vocation of the Child	p. 127
Thomas Aquinas and the Paradigms of Childhood	p. 154
Children Play with God: A Contemporary Thomistic Understanding of the Child	p. 189
Hope for Unbaptized Infants: Holy Innocents after All?	p. 215
The Rights, Duties, and Work of the Child
The Rights of Children in Medieval Canon Law	p. 243
The Duties of Love: The Vocation of the Child in the Household Manual Tradition	p. 266
Children, Chores, and Vocation: A Social and Theological Lacuna	p. 295
Deciding Who the Child Will Become
Who Should Decide What the Child Will Become?	p. 327
Soul for Soul - the Vocation of the Child in Lasallian Pedagogy	p. 357
The Vocation of the Child as a Learner	p. 381
The Best Interests of the Child: Modern Lessons from the Christian Traditions	p. 408
Index of Names	p. 432
Index of Subjects	p. 438
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