An exceptional contribution... Each section is carefully researched and engages with the discussions in the literature in a readable and engaging way.

CHURCH SOCIETY

In six diligently researched and plainly written chapters, plus an Introduction and a Conclusion, McCartney summarizes the results of her deep archival dive into a wide range of source materials.

CHURCH HISTORY

As an historian of religion and childhood... I am grateful for McCartney in providing renewed focus upon this rich and neglected area of religious educational history. Her study should gird our loins for a renewed interest in the history of religion and childhood in general, and the history of Sunday schooling in particular.

JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES

Demonstrates the vital role Sunday schools played in forming and sustaining faith before, during, and after the First World War for British populations both at home and abroad. Sunday schools were an important part of the religious landscape of twentieth-century Britain and they were widely attended by much of the British population. The Sunday School Movement in Britain argues that the schools played a vital role in forming and sustaining the faith of those who lived and served during the First World War. Moreover, the volume contends that the conflict did not cause the schools to decline and proposes that decline instead set in much earlier in the twentieth century. The book also questions the perception that the schools were ineffective tools of religious socialisation and examines the continued attempts of the Sunday school movement to professionalise and improve their efforts. Thus, the involvement of the movement with the World's Sunday School Association is revealed to be part of the wider developing international ecumenical community during the twentieth century. Drawing together under-utilised material from archives and newspapers in national and local collections, The Sunday School Movement in Britain presents a history of the schools demonstrating their lasting significance in the religious life of the nation and, by extension, the enduring importance of Christianity in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century.
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Demonstrates the vital role Sunday schools played in forming and sustaining faith before, during, and after the First World War for British populations both at home and abroad.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. British Sunday Schools before the First World War, 1900-14 2. British Sunday Schools and the First World War, 1914-18 3. Sunday Schools in the Religious Life of the British Forces, 1914-18 4. British Sunday Schools between the World Wars, 1918-39 5. Teaching, Training and Teachers: Reforming the Sunday School Movement, 1900-39 6. British Sunday Schools and the World, 1900-39 Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781783277650
Publisert
2023-04-25
Utgiver
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Vekt
426 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
226

Biografisk notat

CAITRIONA MCCARTNEY is an Honorary Fellow at the Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University.