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This chapter continues to highlight the interconnection between religion and corporal punishment. It does so by a brief synopsis of the work of five pioneers in the field of education: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Horace Mann (1796–1859), Johann Pestalozzi (1746–1823), Friedrich Froebel (1792–1852), and Maria Montessori (1870–1952). Each of these educational pioneers was against corporal punishment. Their stance caused great division among religious people at the time. Some religionists provided a counterargument to the teaching of the reformers, believing that humanity was born sinful. They concluded that to beat a child was a way to rid the child of sin and to break their will. Each of the educational reformers cited subscribed to the theory of tabula rasa, believing that a child was born a blank slate and environment and nurture determined their behavior.
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Fitz-Gibbon, J.H. (2017). Religion, Education Pioneers, and Corporal Punishment. In: Corporal Punishment, Religion, and United States Public Schools. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57448-6_4
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