Learning to read, learning religion : catechism primers in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries / edited by Britta Juska-Bacher [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Juska-Bacher, Britta, editor.

Series:

Children's literature, culture, and cognition ; Volume 14.

Children's Literature, Culture, and Cognition Series ; Volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian education--Europe--History.

Christian education.

Catechisms--History.

Catechisms.

Reading (Elementary)--Europe--History.

Reading (Elementary).

Readers (Elementary)--Europe--History.

Readers (Elementary).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2023]

Summary:

With contributions on seventeen European countries and regions, this volume sheds new light on a fascinating but largely neglected part of European cultural heritage, and, by establishing a comprehensive and authoritative summary of the field, offers fresh impetus for further transnational research.

Contents:

Intro

Learning to Read, Learning Religion

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Table of contents

About the editors and contributors

Acknowledgments

List of figures

List of tables

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 Points of departure, aims and general considerations

1.2 Language and definitions

1.3 Thematic scope

1.4 Geographical coverage

1.5 Catechism primers: Defining and structuring the field

1.6 Content and structure of this volume

1.7 References

Chapter 2. The catechism primer phenomenon: Significance, approaches and analyses

2.1. The significance of the catechism primer

Quantities and distribution

Audiences and use

Difference and similarity

Change over time

Effects

References

2.2. Catechisms and primers among the different denominations in Europe

The importance of reading and the book

The contents of catechism primers

Oral and written culture

New ideas with the enlightenment

2.3. Catechism primers as children's literature

Used by children

As children's literature

Primary sources

Secondary sources

2.4. The alphabet method

Latin and Greek models

The perspective of reading research

Catechism primer and alphabet method in the light of reading research

Being literate in the era of the catechism primer

Didactic challenges

Chapter 3. Catechism primers in European countries and regions

3.1. Catechism primers in Germany

Schooling, religion and literacy in Germany: Sixteenth century to 1918

Catechism primers in Germany

Availability of sources &amp

state of research

Categories of textbooks combining reading instruction and catechesis

Two examples of primers

Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)

3.2. Catechism primers in Poland.

Schooling and religion in Poland from the sixteenth to nineteenth century

Catechism primers in Poland

State of research and bibliographies

Types of catechism primers

3.3. Catechism primers in Denmark (and Norway until 1814)

Schooling, religion and literacy in Denmark: C. 1500-1850

Catechism primers in Denmark

Two examples

3.4. Catechism primers in Iceland

Schooling, religion and literacy in Iceland: C. 1500-1850

Catechism primers in Iceland

3.5. Catechism primers in Greenland

Schooling and religion in Greenland: Eighteenth to mid-twentieth century

Catechism primers in Greenland

The first Greenlandic manuscripts and books in print

The first catechism primer in Greenlandic

Reading primers (in chronological order)

3.6. Catechism primers in Norway

Schooling and religion in Norway: Sixteenth to nineteenth century

Catechism primers in Norway

Reading primers and catechism (in chronological order)

3.7. Catechism primers in Sweden

Schooling, religion and literacy in Sweden: Seventeenth to nineteenth centuries

Catechism primers in Sweden

Secondary sources.

3.8. Catechism primers in Finland

Schooling and religion in Finland: Sixteenth to twentieth century

Catechism primers in Finland

3.9. Catechism primers in England

Schooling and religion in England: Sixteenth to nineteenth century

Primers and catechisms in England

State of research and availability of sources

Primer catechisms and catechism primers

Authorship and use

Later history

3.10. Catechism primers in Estonia

Schooling in Estonia (Estland and Livland): Sixteenth to nineteenth century

Catechism primers in Estonia

State of research

3.11. Catechism primers in the Netherlands

Schooling and religion in the Dutch Republic: Sixteenth to twentieth centuries

Catechism primers in the Netherlands

Availability of sources and state of research

3.12. Catechism primers in France

Schooling and religion in France. Sixteenth to nineteenth century

Catechism primers in France

Treatises on Christian schooling

3.13. Catechism primers in French-speaking Switzerland

Schooling and religion in French-speaking Switzerland: Sixteenth to nineteenth century

Catechism primers in French-speaking Switzerland

Two examples of primers.

Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)

3.14. Catechism primers in German-speaking Switzerland

Schooling and religion in German-speaking Switzerland: Sixteenth to nineteenth century

Catechism primers in German-speaking Switzerland

3.15. Catechism primers in Italian-speaking Switzerland and Lombardy

Schooling and religion in Italian-speaking Switzerland and Lombardy: Sixteenth to nineteenth century

Catechism primers in Italian-speaking Switzerland and Lombardy

3.16. Catechism primers in Italy

Schooling and religion in Italy sixteenth to nineteenth century

Catechism primers in Italy

3.17. Catechism primers in Spain

Schooling and religion in Spain: Fifteenth to nineteenth century

Catechism primers in Spain

Chapter 4. Comparative findings and conclusions

4.1. Characteristics and history of catechism primers in European countries and regions: A general overview

Lifespan of the catechism primer

Commonly used book titles

Languages

Denominations

Typical religious texts

Typical formats

Images

Primer categories

4.2. Rooster primers: A transnational history from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries.

A guiding pictorial motif for more than four centuries: The rooster in primers from the sixteenth, eighteenth and twenty-first centuries

Rooster primers: Towards a transnational approach

Rooster primers: General characteristics

Rooster primers: Early history and meanings of the rooster

The rooster: From a Christian to an ambiguous and eventually to a mundane symbol

Catechism primers with a picture of the rooster on the last page

The Lord's prayer in a Swedish, a German and a Finnish rooster primer

Destinations of long-distance travels: The rooster in primers in Pennsylvania, Eritrea and Dagestan

The rooster primer as a transnational phenomenon: Conclusions

4.3. Concluding notes

Appendix 1. Commonly used titles for catechism primers and their English translations (according to short profiles in Chapter 3)

Appendix 2. Denominations in the respective countries/regions (according to short profiles in Chapter 3) ,: Denominations in the respective countries/regions (according to short profiles in Chapter 3) ,: Denominations in the respective countries/regions (

Appendix 3. Types of textbooks combining reading instruction and catechesis in European countries/regions (according to short profiles in Chapter 3)

Appendix 4. Selection of 50 rooster primers from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century

Appendix 5. Catechism primers: A glossary of terms

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Juska-Bacher, Britta Learning to Read, Learning Religion

ISBN:

9789027254955

9027254958

OCLC:

1357019126