Spare the Child - Philip Greven
Spare the Child - Philip Greven He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. This learned and deeply disturbing work of history examines both the religious…
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Spare the Child - Philip Greven
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. This learned and deeply disturbing work of history examines both the religious roots of corporal punishment in America and its consequences — in the minds of children, in adults, and in our national tendencies toward authoritarian and apocalyptic thinking. These words provided generations of American Christians with the justification for physically disciplining their children, in ways that range from spankings to brutal beatings.
Drawing on sources as old as Cotton Mather and as current as today's headlines,