TY  - BOOK
AU  - Greven,Philip J
TI  - Spare the child: the religious roots of punishment and the impact of physical abuse 
AV  - HQ770 .S637 1991
PY  - 1991///
CY  - New York
PB  - Knopf
KW  - Corporal punishment
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Child rearing
KW  - Child abuse
KW  - Psychological aspects
N1  - 2; 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; 2
N2  - Greven explores the religions and secular rationals for the physical punishment of children in America and challenges us to reexamine long-held assumptions
ER  -