Children of God

Name: Children of God
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781409434108
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The Child as Source of Theological Anthropology

By Edmund Newey

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Children of God explores the overlooked role of the child as a symbol of human flourishing across theological and literary responses in modernity. Edmund Newey examines the works of Thomas Traherne, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Charles Péguy, revealing how their distinctive views on childhood shaped their broader theological outlooks and impacted cultural contexts beyond academia.
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Ideal for students and scholars of theology, historical theology, theological anthropology, and literature, especially those interested in the theology of childhood and the works of Traherne, Rousseau, Schleiermacher, and Péguy.

Children of God sheds new light on the role of the child figure in modernity, and in theological responses to it, the book makes an important contribution to the disciplines of historical theology, theology and literature and ecumenical theology. Through a careful exploration of the continuities and differences in the work of Thomas Traherne.

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Children of God uncovers the significant, but largely unnoticed, place of the child as a prototype of human flourishing in the work of four authors spanning the modern period. Shedding new light on the role of the child figure in modernity, and in theological responses to it, the book makes an important contribution to the disciplines of historical theology, theology and literature, and ecumenical theology.

Through a careful exploration of the continuities and differences in the work of Thomas Traherne, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Charles Péguy, it traces the ways in which their distinctive responses to human childhood structured the broader pattern of their theology. The book shows how they reached beyond the confines of academic theology and exercised a lasting influence on their literary and cultural context.

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Praised for its masterful and insightful study, this work moves beyond romanticised ideas of childhood to present the child as an icon of the human condition before God, embracing vulnerability, hope and incompleteness. The engaging style appeals to both general readers and theology students, with careful readings that challenge common misconceptions and contribute importantly to contemporary theology.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781409434108

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 November 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 607g

Pages: 242

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About the Author

Edmund Newey is Vicar of St Andrew's, Handsworth in the Diocese of Birmingham. He read Modern Languages at Lincoln College, Oxford and Theology at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and has worked as a schoolteacher in Bolton and a parish priest in Manchester and Newmarket. He has written articles on a variety of subjects: on the seventeenth century Anglican divines in Modern Theology, Anglican Theological Review and Literature and Theology; on 'Reticence and Christian Orthodoxy' and 'Augustine and the Kyrie Confession' in Theology; and he has contributed to Sarah Coakley and Sam Wells (eds.), Praying for England: Priestly Presence in Contemporary Culture (Continuum, 2008), Sarah Coakley and Frankie Ward (eds.), Fear and Friendship: Anglicans Engaging with Islam (Continuum, forthcoming) and Benjamin Guyer and Katherine Silcox (eds.), Pro Communio: Theological Essays on the Anglican Covenant (Wipf and Stock, forthcoming).