Religious upbringing and the costs of freedom : personal and philosophical essays /

"Brings together autobiographical narratives and reflections by philosophers who were brought up in strict religious environments"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Caws, Peter, Jones, Stefani, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the indoctrination project / Peter Caws and Stefani Jones
  • Childhood vulnerability and internalized belief
  • Indirect indoctrination, internalized religion, and parental responsibility / Christine Overall
  • Religious indoctrination and the wish for the irrevocable : reflections on a Muslim upbringing / Irfan Khawaja
  • From Fundamentalist to freethinker (it all began with Santa) / Raymond D. Bradley
  • Growing up to question Catholicism : emotional suffering, the euthyphro, and the life of the mind / Damien Alexander Dupont
  • Reconfiguring the morality of indoctrination
  • Biting into the hermeneutical apple : biblical literalism and the lure of uncertainty / Amalia Jiva
  • Autonomy and indoctrination in Evangelical Christianity / Tasia Persson
  • Indoctrination, autonomy, and authenticity / Glen Pettigrove
  • Embodiment, family, and conflict
  • From revelation and faith to reason and agnosticism / Paul H. Hirst
  • For the love of paradox : Mennonite morality and philosophy / Diane Enns
  • Finding my voice / Stefani Jones
  • Tragedies of belief / Peter Caws.