Embracing Childhood-Embodying Childness : Relocating Children in Church and Society

Our Churches, theologies and societies have been exclusive domains of the adults and thus are unjust to the Children and their experiences. This is the foundational contention of this volume that drives the contributors to address this grave issue with a collective commitment towards relocating Children in Church and Society. The essays in this volume contribute to the larger discussions on Children-related theologies from various perspectives, such as Biblical, historical, theological, ethical, religious, interfaith and also from the perspective of ministerial and pastoral care. The book invites the readers to recognize the potential agency of children both in the history and in the present that compels to rethink the way the adults understand, treat and represent Children. It also offers new avenues for the adults to reaffirm their agency through embracing and embodying child-experiences and by reliving in deep solidarity with the Children.