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Child Liberation Theology
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Children's rights are human rights. Learn more at childliberationtheology.org.
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Child Liberation Theology @childliberation.bsky.social · Nov 20
New to child liberation theology?

Here's an introduction!
An Introduction to Child Liberation Theology
This is the first article in a multi-part series I am writing in 2022 providing an overview of child liberation theology.
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Emily Hunter McGowin @ehmcgowin.bsky.social · 15h
Watching so many in the U.S. choose to obey in advance, one wonders if we’re now (in part) reaping the rotten fruit of “first time obedience.”
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Emily Hunter McGowin @ehmcgowin.bsky.social · 15h
Yes and amen. It’s not easy to raise children this way but it’s best for them, for society, and ultimately for us too. All flourishing is mutual, y’all (HT: Robin Wall Kimmerer). Thank you for this, @rlstollar.bsky.social.
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Child Liberation Theology @childliberation.bsky.social · 1d
"Sometimes disobedience is godly. Sometimes disobedience is holy."
Teaching Children to Disobey
Sometimes disobedience is godly. Sometimes disobedience is holy.
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Zelnut 🍉𓅨 @dahliaiterations.com · 4d
Corporal punishment of children is evil. Paddling a child is objectively worse in every possible way than paddling an adult and if you did the latter to an unwilling participant you would be thrown in prison and put on a sex offender registry.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 19h
Violence against women, children, and other marginalized groups are not “pet” issues that only activists should care about; they are central to the human experience and central to many Biblical stories.
Why You Should Address Abuse from the Pulpit
When pastors treat topics like domestic violence and child abuse as peripheral to the church and the task of preaching, they are being unfaithful to the Bible.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 1d
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Child Liberation Theology @childliberation.bsky.social · 1d
"Sometimes disobedience is godly. Sometimes disobedience is holy."
Teaching Children to Disobey
Sometimes disobedience is godly. Sometimes disobedience is holy.
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Child Liberation Theology @childliberation.bsky.social · 4d
"If child liberation theology is only intellectual to its advocates and adherents, then it is an idol and a false gospel."
Is Child Liberation Theology Mostly Intellectual?
If child liberation theology is only intellectual to its advocates and adherents, then it is an idol and a false gospel.
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Child Liberation Theology @childliberation.bsky.social · 4d
"Jesus used very specific imagery and emphases when talking about children — imagery and emphases that directly contradict those employed by evangelical child training experts."
How Jesus Talked About Children
Jesus’s interactions with children were so important — and so revolutionary in terms of their historical context — that multiple Gospel writers wrote about them.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 5d
“[Former] Trump Faith Adviser Finally Admits He Molested 12-Year-Old” 10/2/25 (“In 2016, the Trump campaign included him on its evangelical executive advisory board. After Trump won…, Morris served on the president’s faith advisory council. And in June 2020, Morris hosted Trump at his church…) 1/
Trump Faith Adviser Finally Admits He Molested 12-Year-Old
Robert Morris will serve just six months of his 10-year sentence.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 5d
According to the late Catholic theologian Joseph A. Grassi’s book "Children’s Liberation," the Kingdom of God belonging to children is no mere metaphor. Children are literally "the first actual owners of the kingdom," imbued with "power and authority."
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.”
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 5d
"If we can experience the possibility of peace—nonviolent conflict resolution—at the family level, then our faith in the possibility of peace and our willingness to work for it at the other levels grows."

~Kathleen and James McGinnis, "Parenting for Peace and Justice"
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 6d
Hauling children naked from their homes isn't what good, moral people do.

"Several South Shore residents reported witnessing federal immigration agents forcibly removing unclothed children from apartments during the pre-dawn raid in Chicago."
ICE agents dragged naked children out of homes in Chicago: Neighbors
Two residents reported witnessing federal immigration agents forcibly removing unclothed children from apartments during the raid.
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Je suis ANTIFA 📎 @cojaj.bsky.social · 7d
Children are humans, they don‘t belong to nor own something to anyone. They need guidence, care and help.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 6d
If child liberation theology is only intellectual to its advocates and adherents, then it is an idol and a false gospel.
Is Child Liberation Theology Mostly Intellectual?
If child liberation theology is only intellectual to its advocates and adherents, then it is an idol and a false gospel.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 7d
This article claims non-violent parenting "has become the defining philosophy of millennial parents." This is false. 74% of millennials believe a “good, hard spanking is sometimes necessary to discipline a child":

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My Misadventures in Gentle Parenting - Macleans.ca
No timeouts. No limits. Total chaos.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 7d
Frankly, I don't care if parenting without violence is more difficult than parenting "gently" or "peacefully." We don't treat children like human beings with human rights because it is easy. We do it because violence against children is evil.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 7d
Children, right now, are being abused and killed because of the choices adults are making. If the child liberation theology I am promoting does not help address this problem, it’s not worth my energy or time.
Is Child Liberation Theology Mostly Intellectual?
If child liberation theology is only intellectual to its advocates and adherents, then it is an idol and a false gospel.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 7d
I recently had the opportunity to speak to @rickpidcock.bsky.social about the abusive legacies of John MacArthur, James Dobson, and Voddie Baucham—and how child liberation theology contrasts with evangelical parenting teachings.
Ep62: How the Teachings of John MacArthur, James Dobson, and Voddie Baucham Harmed Kids & What Christian Parenting Alternatives are Available, with R. L. Stollar
Podcast Episode · Highest Power: Church + State · 10/02/2025 · 44m
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 7d
I spoke to @rickpidcock.bsky.social on the Highest Power podcast about evangelical parenting teachers and how their beliefs and practices harm children. Check out the episode below!
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Rick Pidcock @rickpidcock.bsky.social · 7d
For tonight's episode of "Highest Power: Church + State," I interview child liberation theologian R.L. Stollar about how the theology of John MacArthur, James Dobson, and Voddie Baucham harmed kids and what Christian parenting alternatives are available.

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Ep62: How the Teachings of John MacArthur, James Dobson, and Voddie Baucham Harmed Kids & What Christian Parenting Alternatives are Available, with R. L. Stollar
Podcast Episode · Highest Power: Church + State · 10/02/2025 · 44m
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Child Liberation Theology @childliberation.bsky.social · 7d
Child Liberation Theology's @rlstollar.bsky.social spoke to @rickpidcock.bsky.social on the Highest Power podcast about evangelical parenting teachers and how their beliefs and practices harm children. Give the episode a listen!
Ep62: How the Teachings of John MacArthur, James Dobson, and Voddie Baucham Harmed Kids & What Christian Parenting Alternatives are Available, with R. L. Stollar
Podcast Episode · Highest Power: Church + State · 10/02/2025 · 44m
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Child Liberation Theology @childliberation.bsky.social · 7d
"Child liberation theology is not about abstract ideas but rather the simple yet radical act of treating children humanly and justly."
Mr. Rogers and Child Liberation Theology
Child 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.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 8d
It is foolish to argue or act like fathers, parents, or the nuclear family are silver bullets we can use against child abuse, domestic violence, and other familial threats. Rather than silver bullets against abuse, they are most often the perpetrators.
Families Are Not Umbrellas (And Other Myths About Abuse Prevention)
Gothard, MacArthur, and the many other rightwing advocates of patriarchal, nuclear families are dead wrong. Fathers, parents, and nuclear families are not magical umbrellas of protection.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 8d
"A culture that upholds and centers children’s emotions will be more just for all people."
A Child’s Right to Feel: An Interview with Rev. Benjamin Perry
A culture that upholds and centers children’s emotions will be more just for all people.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 9d
They also both declare children have the right to agency and government. These two declarations disrupt the whole chain of command promoted by the parental rights movement and thus cannot be tolerated by it.
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