Martin E. Marty, Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity in the Divinity, discusses his new book, The Mystery of the Child, and the origins of his interest in the subject of children. Departing from literature on children that regards the child as a problem to be controlled, Marty's new work--emanating from his involvement in Emory University's three-year study of The Child in Law, Religion and Society --calls for us to foster wonder in children, asking that we rediscover what it means to be a child as well as to care for one.
