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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479869503321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-271-07951-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 246 p. )

Disciplina

200.922

Soggetti

Religious biography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"Brings together autobiographical narratives and reflections by philosophers who were brought up in strict religious environments"--Provided by publisher.