Religious upbringing and the costs of freedom : personal and philosophical essays / edited by Peter Caws and Stefani Jones

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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

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