Childhood and Christianity from Paul to the Council of Chalcedon
This thesis is a study of the interaction between children and the rituals practices of antique Christianity. The thesis is framed firmly as a piece of cultural . - - history and it takes as its evidence the writings of the church fathers, complemented by antique Christian art. It has sought to show that Christianity made a considerable difference to the lives of children just as children made a difference to the practice of Christianity. The thesis takes the following form, after an introduction which deals with the study's relationship to the history of childhood and to Christianity. In Chapter 1 ïżœ ~Child and Adult~, this chapter deals with the new relationship which was fashioned between children and adults in the light of the gospel injunctions to be 'as a child'. In Chapter 2 ~Memory and History~, I proceeded to consider the various ways in which antique Christians were offered the possibility of getting their own childhoods back again. In Chapter 3, ~Birth and Death I dealt with antique responses to the birth and frequent death of children and how Christianity endowed ' both with a new meanings. I then in Chapter 4, ~Innocence and Sin~ considered antique Christianity's interest in the spiritual state
Currie, Sarah
Philosophy
Childhood and Christianity from Paul to the Council of Chalcedon. This thesis is a study of the interaction between children and the rituals practices of antique Christianity. The thesis is framed firmly as a piece of cultural . - - history and it takes as its evidence the writings of the church fathers, complemented by antique Christian art. It has sought to show that Christianity made a considerable difference to the lives of children just as children made a difference to the practice of Christianity. The thesis takes the following form, after an introduction which deals with the study's relationship to the history of childhood and to Christianity. In Chapter 1 ïżœ ~Child and Adult~, this chapter deals with the new relationship which was fashioned between children and adults in the light of the gospel injunctions to be 'as a child'. In Chapter 2 ~Memory and History~, I proceeded to consider the various ways in which antique Christians were offered the possibility of getting their own childhoods back again. In Chapter 3, ~Birth and Death I dealt with antique responses to the birth and frequent death of children and how Christianity endowed ' both with a new meanings. I then in Chapter 4, ~Innocence and Sin~ considered antique Christianity's interest in the spiritual state
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