Spanking is often normalized in evangelical culture. When does it become child abuse?
Print from 1810 representing a female teacher in Rome spanking a student on his bare butt in front of others. Print by Bartolomeo Pinelli/Courtesy Italy's Central Institute for Graphics
(RNS) — Those of us who follow Jesus — who himself had the strongest of words for any who harm children or cause them to lose faith — should be the loudest voices decrying this unethical and harmful parenting practice.
