| View Larger Image | Spare the Child: The Religious Roots of Punishment and the Psychological Impact of Physical Abuse | Paperbackby Philip J. Greven (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Vintage | | Page Count: | 284 Pages | | Publication Date: | March 03, 1992 | | Sales Rank: | 175,111th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
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He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. These words provided generations of American Christians with the justification for physically disciplining their children, in ways that range from spankings to brutal beatings. 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. Drawing on sources as old as Cotton Mather and as current as today's headlines, Spare the Child is one of those rare works of scholarship that have the power to change our lives. |
Amazon.com Review
This is a richly researched, acutely unsettling study of corporal punishment in the United States. It focuses on the "Christian" use of Biblical texts to justify corporal punishment and its destructive legacy in our culture. Greven's insightful scholarship traces rationales for parental brutality through generations of religious apocalyptic thinking. His forceful argument takes the issue of physical discipline from the realm of parental rights and tradition and makes finding an alternative a moral responsibility. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 7 reviews)
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Partial Evidence by Willy Billy  1 Stars
January 10, 2009
Every parent must decide how they will deal with unwanted behavior in their children. Is the child always right? Then let them do as they please.
But if a parent has a duty to teach his child right from wrong, he must decide how to deal with a child's negative behavior.
Let's break down the possibilities into two broad categories: You can rely solely on reasoning with your child, or you can give consequences.
Now we are ready to ask the question: which can take the prize for greater cruelty: emotional coercion or level-headed spankings?
This book does not take a fair look at the thousands of adults thankful for properly administered spankings when they were children. Neither does it explore the emotionally crippled adults whose parents never spanked them, but scarred them far worse through the use of verbal reprisal and emotional extortion and manipulation.
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Deserves a wide audience by Rebecca Allen (Brookline, NH)  5 Stars
March 22, 2006
I found out about this book through the bibliography of a parenting book I enjoyed. I almost did not buy it, because I needed no further convincing that corporal punishment was a bad idea. But I decided to buy it anyway, to better help me understand how the way I raised might have influenced the way I think -- I'd identified some connections, but suspected I hadn't found them all. I was right.
Greven pursues the connections between violence against children and depression, dissociation and apocalyptic thinking (all of which resonated with me). And he describes many others as well. Learning the beginnings of these problems does not necessarily solve them entirely, but it helps a lot.
Everyone in our society could benefit from reading this book. It provides a powerful argument against an all too common parenting tactic. It sheds light onto how corporal punishment has far-reaching emotional and psychological effects. And perhaps most important of all, it shows a strong connection between the apocalyptic thinking characteristic of evangelical Christians and the corporal punishment so many of them believe crucial to raising children.
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Fascinating book!! by Colleen McKinney (Nunnelly, TN) 5 Stars
March 07, 2006
Mr. Greven is very intelligent. He is also very brave. I think this is a must read for every parent. He tells us why it is wrong to hit our children. People hit their children all the time and then they wonder why they turned out so bad. Violence is never the answer. Kids need love, attention and to be guided. I thank Mr. Greven so much for writing this book.
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A must read by V. Vanhecke (Santa Barbara, CA) 5 Stars
July 03, 2005
Every Christian should read this book. Watch out though, there is some scary truth in there.
Love, love, love your children with all your heart. They are a true blessing from the Lord.
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Spare the Child by R. Fields (Portland, OR United States) 5 Stars
May 29, 2000
There are a mere handful of insightful, non-dogmatic, loving authors who understand the vulnerability of children (we, who were children, and those who now are children for awhile), and who can open up for us those feelings which arose in childhood and mold us the rest of our lives. Mr Greven and Alice Miller are the two I admire most. This book is honest, insightful, non-judgemental and enlightening. Do not be afraid to question the wisdom of your forefathers in regards to punishing your children - read this and learn.
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