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Practicing what the Doctor Preached

At Home with Focus on the Family

By: Susan Bales Ridgely

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Practicing what the Doctor Preached

At Home with Focus on the Family

By: Susan Bales Ridgely

James Dobson is well-known to the secular world as a crusader for the Christian right. But within Christian circles he is known primarily as a childrearing expert; millions of American children have been raised on his message. Practicing What the Doctor Preached looks at how Dobson's rigid, authoritarian teachings are put into practice by actual families, often in surprisingly flexible ways.

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Oxford University Press

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0199755078

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The Study of Children in Religions

A Methods Handbook

By: Susan B. Ridgely

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The Study of Children in Religions

A Methods Handbook

By: Susan B. Ridgely

Research in religious studies has traditionally focused on adult subjects since working with children presents significantly more challenges to the researcher, such as getting the research protocol passed by the Internal Review Board, obtaining permission from parents and schools, and figuring out how to make sense of young worldviews. The Study of Children in Religions provides scholars with a comprehensive source to assist them in addressing many of the issues that often stop researchers from pursuing projects involving children. This handbook offers a broad range of methodological and conceptual models for scholars interested in conducting work with children. It not only illuminates some of the legal and ethical issues involved in working with youth and provides guidance in getting IRB approval, but also presents specific case studies from scholars who have engaged in child-centered research and here offer the fruits of their experience. Cases include those that use interviews and drawings to work with children in contemporary settings, as well as more historically focused endeavors to use material culture—such as Sunday school projects or religious board games—to study children’s religious lives in past eras. The Study of Children in Religions offers concrete help to those who wish to conduct research on children and religion but are unsure of how to get started or how to frame their research.

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NYU Press

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0814777473

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When I Was a Child

Children's Interpretations of First Communion

By: Susan B. Ridgely

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When I Was a Child

Children's Interpretations of First Communion

By: Susan B. Ridgely

First Communion is generally understood as a rite of passage in which seven- and eight-year-old Catholic children transform from baptized participants in the Church to members of the body of Christ, the universal Catholic Church. This official Church account, however, ignores what the rite actually may mean to its participants. In When I Was a Child, Susan Ridgely Bales demonstrates that the accepted understanding of a religious ritual can shift dramatically when one considers the often neglected perspective of child participants. Bales followed Faith Formation classes and interviewed communicants, parents, and priests in an African American parish and in a parish containing both white and Latino congregations. By letting the children speak for themselves through their words, drawings, and actions, When I Was a Child stresses the importance of rehearsal, the centrality of sensory experiences, and the impact of expectations in the communicants' interpretations of the Eucharist. In the first sustained ethnographic study of how children interpret and help shape their own faith, Bales finds that children's perspectives give new contours to the traditional understanding of a common religious ritual. Ultimately, she argues that scholars of religion should consider age as distinct a factor as race, class, and gender in their analyses.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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Practicing what the Doctor Preached

At Home with Focus on the Family

By: Susan Bales Ridgely

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Practicing what the Doctor Preached

Practicing what the Doctor Preached

The Study of Children in Religions

The Study of Children in Religions

When I Was a Child

When I Was a Child

Practicing what the Doctor Preached

Practicing what the Doctor Preached

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