Suffer the little children : urban violence and sacred space - Read, Kay Almere, 1944-; Wollaston, Isabel (Birmingham : University of Birmingham Press, 2001)
Machine generated contents note: Writing and Rewriting the Cross 1 -- ISABEL L. WOLLASTON -- Part I. The Children's Cross: Origins, Issues, Reactions and Reflections Reflections on the Children's Cross at St James Cathedral 19 -- JANET CAMPBELL -- When Children are Killed, What Do We Do? One Community's Response 37 -- JAMES HALSTEAD and JULE D. WARD --Part II. Philosophical and Theological Reflections -- Introduction 57 -- ISABEL L. WOLLASTON -- Waylaying the Way of the Cross: A Dilemma for Practical Theology 61 -- DENNIS P. McCANN -- The Ambiguity and Promise of an Urban 'Cross-Road' 73 -- GARETH JONES -- The Violated Body and the Nausea of Memory 85 -- CHARLES R. STRAIN -- Memory, Memorials and Redemption 103 -- DENYS TURNER --Part III. Memorializing Death and Traumatic Pasts -- Introduction 117 -- ISABEL L. WOLLASTON -- Three Spaces Marking Child Sacrifice 121 -- KAY A. READ -- Celebrating the Massacre of Innocence 143 -- MARTIN D. STRINGER -- Black Memory: Commemorating the Sacred and the Traumatic in the African Diaspora 157 -- EMMANUEL LARTEY -- Memorializing Collective Tragedy in Public Space 169 -- FRIDA KERNER FURMAN and ROY S. FURMAN.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Saint James Episcopal Cathedral (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century; Crosses -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century; Children -- Crimes against -- Religious aspects; Children -- Death -- Religious aspects; Memorials