LEADER 04231nam 2200481 450 001 9910644263103321 005 20230503123901.0 010 $a9783031190285$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031190278 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-19028-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7176574 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7176574 035 $a(CKB)25998100000041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-19028-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925998100000041 100 $a20230503d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWomen, theology and evangelical children's literature, 1780-1900 /$fIrene Euphemia Smale 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (244 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Smale, Irene Euphemia Women, Theology and Evangelical Children's Literature, 1780-1900 Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031190278 327 $a1. An Introduction to Evangelical Children?s Literature 1780-1900 -- 2. Defining Distinguishing and Disseminating Evangelical Children's Literature 1780-1900 -- 3. Revolution and Counterrevolutions: Evangelical Children's Literature Within the Socio-Political and Theological Climate of 1780 ? 1900 -- 4. Soteriological Themes in Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Children?s Literature 1780-1900 -- 5. Biblical Authority in Evangelical Children?s Literature 1780-1900 -- 6. Eschatological Themes in Evangelical Children?s Literature 1780-1900 -- 7. Epilogue: Contextualising Theology and Childhood Today: A Developing Field of Theological Scholarship. 330 $aThis 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. Irene Euphemia Smale is an Adviser on Children?s and Family Work for the Church of England and a leading expert in historical research for the Archbishops? Commission on Families and Households. She is Chaplain to the Prebendal School in Chichester and Cathedral Deacon for the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Chichester. She is an alumna of the University of Chichester, UK, and was an Associate Lecturer in Practical Theology there for several years. Smale has previously published on children and religion in society from the ancient world to Jesus Christ. 606 $aChildren's literature, English 606 $aChristian literature for children 606 $aEvangelicalism in literature 615 0$aChildren's literature, English. 615 0$aChristian literature for children. 615 0$aEvangelicalism in literature. 676 $a808.899282 700 $aSmale$b Irene Euphemia$01354591 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910644263103321 996 $aWomen, Theology and Evangelical Children?s Literature, 1780-1900$93344804 997 $aUNINA