Protestant children, missions and education in the British world / Hugh Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrison, Hugh Douglas, author.

Series:

Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protestants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

Hugh Morrison argues that children's support of Protestant missionary activity since the early 1800s has been an educational movement rather than a financial one and outlines how it has shaped minds and bodies for the sake of God, empire and nation.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Protestant Children, Missions and Educationin the British World

Abstract

Keywords

Part 1. Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Historiographical Contexts

1.3 Scope and Structure

Part 2. Children's Missionary Support - The Educational Imperative

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Children as Financial Supporters of Missions

2.3 Case Study: Fostering a 'Missionary Spirit'

2.4 Consolidation of the Educational Imperative

Part 3. Children's Missionary Periodicals and Pedagogy

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Evolution and Diversity

3.3 Case Study: The Break of Day and Young New Zealand Presbyterians

3.4 Periodicals through an Educational Lens

Part 4. Children, Missions and Citizenship

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Entanglements of Religion, Empire and Nation

4.3 Case Study: Imagined Communities in Canada and New Zealand

Part 5. Children, Missions and the 'Emotional Turn'

5.1 Introduction

5.2 History of Emotions, Children, Education and Religion

5.3 Case Study: Emotions and Children's Religious Communities

Part 6. Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Primary Sources: Manuscript, Official and Published

Primary Sources: Contemporary Newspapers and Periodicals

Secondary Sources.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Morrison, Hugh Protestant Children, Missions and Education in the British World

ISBN:

90-04-50308-0

OCLC:

1288217442