Spare the child : the religious roots of punishment and the impact of physical abuse / Philip Greven.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Knopf : (c)1991.; Distributed by Random House, (c)1991.Description: xiv, 263 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
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Contents:
II. Experiences. Moral suasion and nonviolence -- Before conscious memory begins -- Memories of pain and punishments -- Disciplined to death -- III. Rationales. Religious rationales. Biblical roots -- Eternal punishment -- Breaking wills -- Methodologies of punishment -- The last resort -- Secular rationales. Justifications -- Behaviorist arguments -- IV. Consequences. Anxiety and fear -- Anger and hate -- Empathy and apathy -- Melancholy and depression -- Obsessiveness and rigidity -- Ambivalence: Protect and destroy -- Dissociation -- Paranoia -- Sadomasochism -- Domestic violence -- Aggression and delinquency -- Authoritarianism -- The Apocalyptic impulse -- V. Choices.
Subject: Greven explores the religions and secular rationals for the physical punishment of children in America and challenges us to reexamine long-held assumptions.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction HQ770.4.G74 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923000771291

Includes bibliographies and index.

I. The problem -- II. Experiences. Moral suasion and nonviolence -- Before conscious memory begins -- Memories of pain and punishments -- Disciplined to death -- III. Rationales. Religious rationales. Biblical roots -- Eternal punishment -- Breaking wills -- Methodologies of punishment -- The last resort -- Secular rationales. Justifications -- Behaviorist arguments -- IV. Consequences. Anxiety and fear -- Anger and hate -- Empathy and apathy -- Melancholy and depression -- Obsessiveness and rigidity -- Ambivalence: Protect and destroy -- Dissociation -- Paranoia -- Sadomasochism -- Domestic violence -- Aggression and delinquency -- Authoritarianism -- The Apocalyptic impulse -- V. Choices.

Greven explores the religions and secular rationals for the physical punishment of children in America and challenges us to reexamine long-held assumptions.

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