Chapter 1. What Is Religious Child Maltreatment? --
Religious Child Maltreatment --
A Psychological and Spiritual Cost --
Chapter 2. A Country in Denial --
Not in My Place of Worship --
Chapter 3. When Religion Becomes Harmful --
Authoritarianism and Religion --
Religious Authoritarian Cultures --
Religious Authoritarianism and Children --
Right-Wing Authoritarians --
Parents as "Middle Managers" --
Unquestioned Obedience to Authority --
Patriarchy and Weakened Mothers --
Chapter 4. Child Maltreatment and the Bible --
Where Are the Children? --
Children as Victims of Violence --
Sacrificing Sons and Daughters --
Part 1. The Pain of Chastisement-Religious Child Physical Abuse --
The Corporal Punishment Controversy --
Chapter 5. "The Rod of Correction" --
Sometimes It Is about Corporal Punishment --
The Rod and Physical Abuse --
Chapter 6. An Obsession with Child Obedience --
Jumping on the Bandwagon --
Spanking Too Much and Too Hard --
No Comfort for Abuse Victims --
Chapter 7. Child Sinfulness"97"A Christian Problem --
Behold the Child Sinner --
Child Sinfulness and Abuse --
Chapter 8. The Perils of Mixing Faith and Corporal Punishment --
A Spanking Advocate's Dangerous Advice --
No Greater Joy Ministries --
The Remnant Fellowship Church --
Part 2. Harm Without Hitting-Religious Child Emotional Abuse --
Child Emotional or Psychological Maltreatment --
Chapter 9. Is Religion Good or Bad for a Child's Psyche? --
Religion and the Mental Health of Children --
Chapter 10. Sinful, Disobedient, Evil, and Depraved-Religious Spurning --
Chapter 11. Scaring Them into Faith-Religious Terrorizing --
Terrorized Parents, Terrorized Children --
Instiling Fear to Control and Dominate --
Chapter 12. In the World, Not of the World-Religious Isolating and Exploiting --
Sabotaging Intellectual Autonomy --
Part 3. Violating A Sacred Trust-Religious Child Sexual Abuse --
Religion and Child Sexual Abuse --
Chapter 13. Murdered Souls --
Religiously Sanctioned Child Sexual Abuse --
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --
Chapter 14. Religious Power and Child Sexual Abuse --
Using Religious Messages --
Chapter 15. Failing Victims --
Faith Communities Turn Their Backs --
Chapter 16. Secrecy and Silence at the Top --
Failure to Report Abuse --
Conducting Internal "Investigations" --
Orthodox Jewish Communities --
Part 4. Sin of Denial-Religious Child Medical Neglect --
Religion and Child Neglect --
Chapter 17. Why No One Galls It Neglect --
Chapter 18. The Hazards of Blind Faith --
"We Wanted to Believe" --
Illness Is Not a Biological Problem --
Waiting on Divine Intervention --
Chapter 19. Fatal Prayers --
The Christian Science Church --
The Followers of Christ --
Chapter 20. Sorting Out the Demons of Child Ritual Abuse --
Child Ritual Abuse in America --
Exorcism: A Popular Rite --
Chapter 21. Is Male or Female Circumcision Religious Child Maltreatment? --
Male Circumcision and Religion --
Female Circumcision and Religion --
Is Female Circumcision Abusive? --
Female Genital Cutting in America: A Secret History --
Is Male Circumcision Abusive? --
Chapter 22. Train Up the Church and Everybody Else --
Repeal Faith Healing-Related Religious Exemptions --
Require Clergy to Report Child Abuse and Neglect --
Extend or Eliminate Child Sexual Abuse Statutes of Limitations --
Secular Agencies Should Reach Out to Religious Communities --
Faith Communities Making a Difference --
Chapter 23. Acknowledging Children's Rights --
Fearing a Loss of Religious Freedom --
Putting on a Good Face --
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child --
Viewing Children in a Different Way --
