Mercer, Joyce.

Welcoming children : a practical theology of childhood / Joyce Ann Mercer ; foreword by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore. - St. Louis, Mo. : Chalice Press, c2005. - xii, 292 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index.

Finding a welcome for children -- Starting small : a way of doing theology of childhood -- Whoever welcomes one such child : children in the Gospel of Mark -- A problem of ambivalence : children as consumers in America -- What child is this? : religious ambivalence toward children -- Educating children in congregations -- Practicing liturgy as a practice of justice with children -- Toward a feminist practical theology of childhood.

0827242514 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005013223


Christian education of children.
Church work with children.

BV1475.3 / .M47 2005

268/.432