When Children Became People: The Birth of Childhood in Early Christianity by Odd Magne Bakke
When Children Became People: The Birth of Childhood in Early Christianity

Odd Magne Bakke

When Children Became People: The Birth of Childhood in Early Christianity

Odd Magne Bakke with Brian McNeil

358 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction childrens history religion medium-paced
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Bakke paints a fascinating picture of children's first real emergence as people against a backdrop of the ancient world. Using theological and social history research, Bakke compares Greco-Roman and Christian attitudes toward abortion and child pr...

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