Children and Childhood in World Religions: Primary Sources and Texts

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395 abortion, 1, 91; Buddhism on, 278, 287, 329 adultery, 59, 168 Allahu ahad (“God-one”), 151 Anabaptists, 124 The Analects for Women (Nü Lunyu, Song Ruozhao), 365 Anba’ nujaba’ al-abna’ (Reports on Sons of Noble Breed, Ibn Zafar), 169 ancestor worship: in Buddhism, 322–324, 330–331; in Confucianism, 8, 18–19, 337–344, 361, 377, 390; in Hinduism, 238 Antoninus, 29, 31 Ariès, Philippe, 19, 77n9, 271n1 Aristotle, 89, 115–116, 133 arranged marriage: in Judaism, 55 al-Ash’ari, Abu al-Hasan, 209–211 Ashkenazic community, 44 Ashramadharma, 222 Ashvaghosa, 279 Atharva (Incantations), 218 Augustine, Saint, 10, 89, 111 Azzai, Ben, 59, 66 ba’alat brit (godparent), 44 Babylonian Talmud, 24–25, 30–31, 52, 78 Bahina Bai, 224, 229, 252–253, 255, 259 balam (early childhood), 222 Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 144 Ban Zhao, 361, 365, 367, 387 baptism: Buddhism on, 277; in Christianity, 84, 87–89, 111; infant, 90, 92, 105–107, 113, 116, 124–127, 140; and rebirth, 100, 145. See also rituals and ceremonies bar mitzvah, 21, 50–51, 58, 60. See also rituals and ceremonies Barth, Karl, 145 Battle of the Trench, 161, 205 Bhagavata Purana, 222, 243 biblical sources: Hebrew Bible, 7, 9, 16, 22–26, 32, 45–46, 70, 72; New Testament, 93–102 The Biographies of Women (Lienü zhuan, Liu Xiang), 359 Black Death, 156, 208 Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, 287, 334n11 Bodhisattva Guanyin, 287–288, 334n11 The Book of Changes (Yijing), 347 The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), 349 The Book of Filial Piety (Xiaojing), 355. See also Confucianism The Book of Poetry (Shijing), 346 Boston University, 147 Bourdieu, Pierre, 279 Brahma, 222, 230–232, 241, 291, 306 brahmacarya (celibate studentship), 219, 222 Brahman, 219, 230–232, 237–239, 255–259, 291, 317 Brahmin, 221, 231, 236–237, 291–293, 296–297, 311–312; definition of, 220 Brahmo community, 261 Brahmo Samaj, 225–226, 261 Brantspiegel, 37, 39 “Bright Eyes.” See Guangmu Brindavan, 223 Buddha, 287–326, 330–344; childhood, 20, 279–285; death, 277, 290; as fertility god, 304–305; marriage, 281 Buddhacarita (Ashvaghosa), 279. See also Buddha Buddhism: on abortion, 329; on ancestor worship, 322–324, 330–331; on birth and rebirth, 287–290; childhood practices, 277–279; and Christianity, 279; and Confucianism, 290, 322; doctrines of, 277–279, 288, 320; East Asian, 288–290; and family reproduction, 284; and filial piety, 287, 288, 329; and images of children, 279–282; Indian, 286–289; and Judaism, 279; Mahayana, 279, 285–287, 313, 320; influence of pan-Indian myths on, 302; Sri Lankan, 284; Tantric, 279; Tibetan, 285–286 al-Bukhari, Muhammad Ibn Isma‘il, 153, 172, 186, 190, 210 Bushnell, Horace, 90, 139 Calvin, John, 90, 125 celibacy, 17, 77n4, 165 Chandogya Upanishad, 219, 231–234 Chanyuan qinggui, 289 Chan/Zen stories, 289 Cheng-Zhu school, 379 Chief’s College, 234 child marriage, 3, 29; Buddha’s, 281; in Hinduism, 220–221, 223, 225–226, 228, 240, 261; in Islam, 156–157, 160, 162, 186, 199, 202, 205; in Judaism, 55–56. See also marriage Christian Baptism (Philips), 124 INDEX INDEX 396 Christianity: on child education, 90, 117, 119, 127–135; on childhood conversion, 90, 139; on children’s discipleship, 103–105; on children’s rights, 92; contemporary developments in, 84, 91; on discipline, 90, 100, 102–103, 110, 118, 136–140; in Early Church, 102; in Early Modernity, 90; and ethics, 86–87; and faith formation of children, 87, 90, 139; on infant baptism, 88–90, 105–107, 113; on infant death, 107–108; Jewish influence on, 93; in Late Modernity, 90; in Middle Ages, 89; on nature of children, 85–86, 111; on poverty of children, 130–132; on rational development of children, 114–117; and Reformation , 87–90; on sensuality of children, 105; in the twentieth century, 91 Christian Nurture (Bushnell), 139–141 Chrysostom, Saint John, 109 circumciser (mohel), 44–47 circumcision: in Buddhism, 278; in Christianity , 106, 126; in Islam, 162, 186; in Judaism, 18, 21, 36, 43–48, 79n36, 80n51. See also rituals and ceremonies Classic of Poetry, 367 Clement of Alexandria, 103 Cohen, Richard, 284, 286, 334n5 Colet, John, 119 Collection of the Experiences of Departed Souls (Mizuko Jizo-ji), 330 Columbia’s Teachers’ College, 388 Comenius, John Amos, 128 Concerning the 10,000 Jizos, 330 Confessions (Augustine), 111–113 Confucianism: ancestor worship in, 8, 18–19, 337–344; and Buddhism, 362–364; and concubinage, 350–352; on discipline, 339; on education, 351–361, 370–374...