Creating Religious Childhoods in Anglo-World and British Colonial Contexts, 1800-1950 (Hardcover)

Drawing on examples from British world expressions of Christianity, this collection further greater understanding of religion as a critical element of modern children's and young people's history. It builds on emerging scholarship that challenges the view that religion had a solely negative impact on nineteenth- and twentieth-century children, or that 'secularization' is the only lens to apply to childhood and religion. Putting forth the argument that religion was an abiding influence among British world children throughout the nineteenth and most of the twentieth centuries, this volume places 'religion' at the center of analysis and discussion. At the same time, it positions the religious factor within a broader social and cultural framework. The essays focus on the historical contexts in which religion was formative for children in various 'British' settings denoted as 'Anglo' or 'colonial' during the nineteenth and early- to mid-twentieth centuries. These contexts include mission fields, churches, families, Sunday schools, camps, schools and youth movements. Together they are treated as 'sites' in which religion contributed to identity formation, albeit in different ways relating to such factors as gender, race, disability and denomination. The contributors develop this subject for childhoods that were experienced largely, but not exclusively, outside the 'metropole', in a diversity of geographical settings. By extending the geographic range, even within the British world, it provides a more rounded perspective on children's global engagement with religion.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
Release date:	November 2016
First published:	2017
Editors:	Hugh Morrison • Mary Clare Martin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-1-4724-8948-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian life & practice > Christian religious instruction Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Children Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian life & practice > Christian religious instruction Books > Christianity > Christian life & practice > Christian religious instruction Promotions
LSN:	1-4724-8948-9
Barcode:	9781472489487

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