Bakke, Odd Magne,  1962- <br/><br/>
When children became people :  the birth of childhood in early Christianity / 
O. M. Bakke ; translated by Brian McNeil. 
 - Minneapolis, MN :  Fortress Press,  c2005. 
 - ix, 348 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-344) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Children in the Greco-Roman world -- Patristic teaching about the nature of children and their characteristics -- Abortion, infanticide and expositio, and sexual relations between children and adults -- Making "athletes of Christ": upbringing and education of children -- Children's participation in worship -- Children and a life of religious perfection -- Early Christians and the humanity of children. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0800637259 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004029375 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Christian children--Religious life--History--To 1500.<br/>Children--Social conditions.--Italy--Rome
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR 195 .C46  / B35 2005