@rlstollar.bsky.social was a recent guest on the Blessed Uncertainty podcast to discuss child liberation theology! Listen here:

www.blesseduncertainty.com/podcast/2-ch....

Seeking alternative approaches to children and childhood for your family, faith community, or religious organization that eschew the authoritarianism of James Dobson?

Check out @rlstollar.bsky.social's book "The Kingdom of Children" from @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social:

www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Chil....

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Child Liberation Theology's @rlstollar.bsky.social was cited in, and contributed to, this groundbreaking chapter of “Strongwilled” about the relationship between religious authoritarian parenting and child sexual abuse:

open.substack.com/pub/strongwi....

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The Ezzos justify the act of leaving a baby to cry alone (sleep training) by comparing that choice to Jesus' crucifixion, writing: "Praise God that the Father did not intervene when His Son cried out on the cross."

Gross.

More info here: bit.ly/2Aus1Ms.

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Imagine making up entire religious programs and curricula to teach vulnerable children this.

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Child Liberation Theology stands in solidarity with the protestors in Southern California (as well as around the nation). While we are based in the Bay Area, we have lived in—and have both dear friends and brilliant colleagues who live throughout—Los Angeles County.

What far too many Christian parenting teachers teach...

"This workshop... will explore scholarship on Palestinian children's theorization of their oppression as Palestinians and as children, drawing connections between their struggles and the buried histories of child liberationism in the West."

More info:

www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/the....

All children are made in God's image and deserve to be safe and loved. All means all.

Amen.