Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Mainline Protestants and Children 25
6. 2. Conservative Protestants on Children and Parenting 42
7. 3. The Status of Children within the Roman Catholic Church 56
8. 4. Judaism and Children in the United States 71
9. 5. The Black Church and Children 85
10. 6. Latter-day Saint Children and Youth in America 102
11. 7. Native American Children and Religion 119
12. 8. Children in American Islam 133
13. 9. Hindu Children in the United States 148
14. 10. Buddhism and Children in North America 165
15. 11. Asian American Confucianism and Children 180
16. 12. Immigrant Parochial Schools 194
17. 13. The Law’s Infl uence over Children’s Religious Development 210
18. CONTRIBUTORS 223
19. INDEX 227