In the pre-Christian world, children were slain on pagan altars, and now, in the post-Christian world of the affluent West, children are again the object of adult hostility. In the USA the abuse of children has been called a 'national emergency', while in almost every country on earth the killing of children still unborn has become an ideology of 'choice.'

In this challenging new book, John Saward examines the work of several Roman Catholic writers, including St. Therese of Lisieux, G.K. Chesterton, Charles Peguy, Georges Bernanos and von Balthasar who rose up in defense and celebration of childhood.

A ground-breaking work in the theology of childhood and the analysis of modernity.

John Saward is Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the International Institute, Gaming, Austria.
Theological Institute, Gaming, Austria.