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Fatherhood, Childism, and the Creation of Society.
- Source :
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion . Mar2007, Vol. 75 Issue 1, p52-76. 25p. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- This essay argues for a new religious ethical approach to fatherhood centered on children and their expanding capabilities for participation in society. Under the notion of "childism"--in analogy to feminism, womanism, humanism, and the like--it takes the perspective of the experiences and concerns of childhood as such. In contrast with a soft patriarchal argument for fatherhood that dominates much religious discourse today, it argues for a larger and more hopeful vision of fatherhood as directed toward the human social good. This requires, methodologically, a richer hermeneutical circle between religion and the social sciences. Substantively, it calls for Christian and other religious ethicists to re-imagine fatherhood as an integrated public-private responsibility that aims to cultivate children's fully human social creativity as images of their Creator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00027189
- Volume :
- 75
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Academy of Religion
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24689969
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfl059