| Regarding Children: A New Respect for Childhood and Families Contributor(s): Anderson, Herbert (Author), Johnson, Susan B. W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664251250 ISBN-13: 9780664251253 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1994 Annotation: As it examines issues pertinent to the successful rearing of children, this important book empowers parents and others who care for and nurture children to learn how to recognize the needs of the individual child--his or her full humanity--especially critical in our culture where there is a pervasive attitude of contempt for the vulnerable and the needy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Counseling & Recovery - Religion | Christian Living - Family & Relationships - Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources |
| Dewey: 649.1 |
| LCCN: 94021287 |
| Lexile Measure: 1210 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.06" W x 8.06" (0.38 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this important and timely book, Herbert Anderson and Susan Johnson examine issues pertinent to the successful rearing of children. Written to empower parents and others who care for and nurture our children, this book will also greatly enhance the ministry of the church on behalf of and for the sake of families with children and for our society at large. The Family Living in Pastoral Perspective series examines crucial times in family life in light of the family as a social unit. Each book addresses major changes that ordinarily occur in the life cycle of a family. Each volume takes into account family system theory and social and economic factors that affect the family. |
Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Susan B. W.: - Susan B. W. Johnson is Senior Minister of Hyde Park Union Church in Chicago, Illinois.Anderson, Herbert: - Herbert Anderson is currently Research Professor of Practical Theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California. He is the author or coauthor of over ninety articles and thirteen books, many of which are focused on integrating theology and family systems theory. |