TY - BOOK AU - Bakke,Odd Magne TI - When children became people: the birth of childhood in early Christianity SN - 0800637259 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BR 195 .C46 B35 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Minneapolis, MN PB - Fortress Press KW - Children KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - History of doctrines KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Christian children KW - Religious life KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Italy KW - Rome KW - Social conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-344) and indexes; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip055/2004029375 .html ER -