Religious upbringing and the costs of freedom : personal and philosophical essays /
Religious upbringing and the costs of freedom : personal and philosophical essays /
edited by Peter Caws and Stefani Jones
- University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010
- 1 vol. (VIII-246 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Index
Notes bibliogr.
Part I: Childhood vulnerability and internalized belief -- Indirect indoctrination, internalized religion, and parental responsibility / Christine Overall -- Religious indoctrination and the wish for the irrevocable : reflections on a Muslim upbringing / Irfan Khawaja -- From Fundamentalist to freethinker (it all began with Santa) Raymond D. Bradley -- Growing up to question Catholicism : emotional suffering, the euthyphro, and the life of the mind / Damien Alexander Dupont -- Part II: Reconfiguring the morality of indoctrination -- Biting into the hermeneutical apple : biblical literalism and the lure of uncertainty / Amalia Jiva -- Autonomy and indoctrination in Evangelical Christianity / Tasia Persson -- Indoctrination, autonomy, and authenticity / Glen Pettigrove -- Part III: Embodiment, family, and conflict -- From revelation and faith to reason and agnosticism / Paul H. Hirst -- For the love of paradox : Mennonite morality and philosophy / Diane Enns -- Finding my voice / Stefani Jones -- Tragedies of belief / Peter Caws
"Brings together autobiographical narratives and reflections by philosophers who were brought up in strict religious environments"--Provided by publisher
9780271036793
Religious biography
200.1
Index
Notes bibliogr.
Part I: Childhood vulnerability and internalized belief -- Indirect indoctrination, internalized religion, and parental responsibility / Christine Overall -- Religious indoctrination and the wish for the irrevocable : reflections on a Muslim upbringing / Irfan Khawaja -- From Fundamentalist to freethinker (it all began with Santa) Raymond D. Bradley -- Growing up to question Catholicism : emotional suffering, the euthyphro, and the life of the mind / Damien Alexander Dupont -- Part II: Reconfiguring the morality of indoctrination -- Biting into the hermeneutical apple : biblical literalism and the lure of uncertainty / Amalia Jiva -- Autonomy and indoctrination in Evangelical Christianity / Tasia Persson -- Indoctrination, autonomy, and authenticity / Glen Pettigrove -- Part III: Embodiment, family, and conflict -- From revelation and faith to reason and agnosticism / Paul H. Hirst -- For the love of paradox : Mennonite morality and philosophy / Diane Enns -- Finding my voice / Stefani Jones -- Tragedies of belief / Peter Caws
"Brings together autobiographical narratives and reflections by philosophers who were brought up in strict religious environments"--Provided by publisher
9780271036793
Religious biography
200.1