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

By:

Greven, Philip J [Author]

Material type: Text

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unmediated

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LOC classification:

HQ770 .S637 1991
HQ770

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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)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	HQ770.4.G74 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923000771291

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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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