Women, Theology and Evangelical Children’s Literature, 1780-1900

Women, Theology and Evangelical Children’s Literature, 1780-1900

by Irene Euphemia Smale
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 12/01/2023

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This book provides a wealth of fascinating information about many significant and lesser-known nineteenth-century Christian authors, mostly women, who were motivated to write material specifically for children’s spiritual edification because of their personal faith. It explores three prevalent theological and controversial doctrines of the period, namely Soteriology, Biblical Authority and Eschatology, in relation to children’s specifically engendered Christian literature. It traces the ecclesiastical networks and affiliations across the theological spectrum of Evangelical authors, publishers, theologians, clergy and scholars of the period. An unprecedented deluge of Evangelical literature was produced for millions of Sunday School children in the nineteenth century, resulting in one of its most prolific and profitable forms of publishing. It expanded into a vast industry whose magnitude, scope and scale is discussed throughout this book. Rather than dismissing Evangelical children’s literature as simplistic, formulaic, moral didacticism, this book argues that, in attempting to convert the mass reading public, nineteenth-century authors and publishers developed a complex, highly competitive genre of children’s literature to promote their particular theologies, faith and churchmanships, and to ultimately save the nation.

ISBN:
9783031190285
9783031190285
Category:
British & Irish history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
12-01-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing

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