Children's rights are human rights because we all rise together. Learn more at childliberationtheology.org.
"Affirming children’s inherent rights and value... is a key part of empowering our contemporary communities to better love and protect children. Christians should affirm children in an unambiguous way."
Using vs. Liberating Children: How Child Theology Differs from Child Liberation TheologyWhile deeply indebted to the Child Theology Movement, child liberation theology breaks from it in a number of important ways.rlstollar.com"It’s important to create space for children not just to know that disobedience can be good and holy, but also to give them opportunities to practice."
Christianity should empower and liberate childrenWhat would the church look like if we treated children as agents in their own lives, and allowed them to do their own theology?uscatholic.org"Children are not mere creatures of parents. They are not projects or weapons. They are inheritors of God’s Kingdom, images of that God, and they are capable of prophecy, leadership, teaching, and theology."
An Introduction to Child Liberation TheologyThis is the first article in a multi-part series I am writing in 2022 providing an overview of child liberation theology.rlstollar.com"Parents who refuse to acknowledge the harm caused by Christian authoritarian parenting risk alienating their kids long-term."
Adults raised in the ‘Christian parenting empire’ of the ’70s-’90s push back(RNS) — Leveraging social media, these parents and professionals aim to show that this parenting approach can result in trauma, estrangement and views of God as abusive.religionnews.com"We must wrestle with the biblical texts, questioning and challenging them when they ignore the children they contain or justify violence against the children barely visible at their margins."
Noah’s Flood and The Bible’s Unseen ChildrenThe Bible is not a children’s book. If a child must learn about genocide, it should be in an age-appropriate and protective manner.rlstollar.com"When it comes to the adult-child relationship, we are still passionately insistent as a society that adults have the 'parental rights' to do whatever they want to their children."
What can we learn from children about being liberated from Kendomland? – Baptist News GlobalTo learn more about how children bring liberation from the Kens of Kendomland, I interviewed child liberationist theologian R.L. Stollar about his new book, The Kingdom of Children: A Liberation Theol...baptistnews.com"We’re seeing a robust attempt to define children as the property of their parents. That’s what’s at the core of censorship campaigns, bans on gender affirming healthcare, and the ongoing refusal to treat corporal punishment for what it is: assault."
A Child’s Right to Feel: An Interview with Rev. Benjamin PerryA culture that upholds and centers children’s emotions will be more just for all people.rlstollar.com"Child liberation theology is not about abstract ideas but rather the simple yet radical act of treating children humanly and justly—something Rogers took seriously."
Mr. Rogers and Child Liberation TheologyChild liberation theology is not about abstract ideas but rather the simple yet radical act of treating children humanly and justly—something Fred Rogers took seriously.rlstollar.com"Biblical hermeneutics can (and must) be loving and liberating of children."
Liberation theology is also for childrenChild advocate R. L. Stollar seeks to help people read the Bible in ways that protect and honor...www.christiancentury.org"Sometimes disobedience is godly. Sometimes disobedience is holy."
Teaching Children to DisobeySometimes disobedience is godly. Sometimes disobedience is holy.rlstollar.com"[Child liberation theology is] not just about the way we raise children, but also advocating for issues that matter to children, whether those are issues like food insecurity, access to medical care and poverty."
Child liberation theology says God is a child, too(RNS) — What does Scripture say about the rights of children in an anti-child world?religionnews.comThe Kingdom of God belonging to children is no mere metaphor, according to Joseph A. Grassi’s 1991 book, “Children’s Liberation: A Biblical Perspective.”
Children as Jesus’s Successors in Joseph A. Grassi’s “Children’s Liberation”The Kingdom of God belonging to children is no mere metaphor, according to Joseph A. Grassi’s 1991 book, “Children’s Liberation: A Biblical Perspective.”rlstollar.com"Ending patriarchal domination, by men or women, is the only way to make the family a place where children can be safe, where they can be free, where they can know love." ~bell hooks
Love Does Not Abuse: The Parenting Philosophy of bell hooksIt is my hope that more progressive activists and thinkers will reflect on parenting and child care just as hooks has.rlstollar.com"This is how young people feel about [social media bans] and how it will affect their human rights."
Young voices on social media bans and human rightsYoung activists discuss how they feel about proposals to ban young people from social media and how it will affect their rights.www.amnesty.org"Once a society normalizes domination over children and yielded their obedience, it has already built the emotional infrastructure for authoritarianism." ~ @drstaceypatton.bsky.social
You Can’t Raise Children to Obey and Expect Them to Defend DemocracyGood morning from the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico, NY.open.substack.com"The case is one of many in recent years in which young people have sued officials and government agencies over climate change."
Youths Who Sued Trump Over Orders to ‘Unleash’ Energy Try to Revive Casewww.nytimes.com“The New Testament opposes all forms of mere human discipleship that rely only on obedience whether to teacher, leader, or parent." ~Joseph A. Grassi, “Children’s Liberation”
Children as Jesus’s Successors in Joseph A. Grassi’s “Children’s Liberation”The Kingdom of God belonging to children is no mere metaphor, according to Joseph A. Grassi’s 1991 book, “Children’s Liberation: A Biblical Perspective.”rlstollar.com