Children and Childhood in World Religions: Primary Sources and Texts

Children appear often in religious traditions, yet the publisher notes that few books have looked directly at how children and religion relate. This volume is presented as the first to examine the theme of children across the major religions of the world.

The book is organised into six chapters. Each is edited by a scholar and focuses on one religious tradition, opening with an introduction followed by a selection of primary texts. Those texts range from legal to liturgical material, so readers can hear each tradition speak about childhood in its own sources.

The volume suits students and researchers in religious studies who want source material alongside commentary, and anyone curious about how different faiths have understood the young.

Publisher: Rutgers University Press. ISBN-13: 9780813545172.