Women, theology and evangelical children's literature, 1780-1900

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• 1 An Introduction to Evangelical Children’s Literature 1780-1900 = 1
• Introduction = 1
• Signposting this Study = 3
• Defnitions of Childhood and Children’s Literature in the
• Nineteenth Century = 5
• Sources for the Historicization of Christian Literature for
• Children = 7
• Theological Themes in Evangelical Children’s Literature = 19
• Signposting the Chapters = 20
• Concluding Refections = 23
• Bibliography = 30
• 2 Defining Distinguishing and Disseminating Evangelical
• Children’s Literature 1780-1900 = 35
• Introduction = 35
• Defning Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Children’s Literature
• as a Distinctive Literary Genre = 36
• An Exploration of Scholarly Defnitions of Evangelicalism and
• the Evangelical Movement = 40
• The Clarifcation of Evangelical Children’s Literature, its
• Nature, Main Characteristics, and Principal Doctrines Found
• Prevalent in the Texts = 43
• The Identifcation and Context of the Historical Community of
• Authors and Publishers of Children’s Christian Literature
• 1780-1900 = 47
• Anglican Authors of Children’s Christian Literature 1780-1900 = 48
• Nonconformist Children’s Authors = 53
• Roman Catholic Authors and Publishers = 57
• Disseminating the Word : Evangelical Publishing Companies = 60
• Concluding Refections = 63
• Bibliography = 71
• 3 Revolution and Counter-revolutions : Evangelical
• Children’s Literature Within the Socio-Political and
• Theological Climate of 1780-1900 = 75
• Introduction = 75
• The Impact of the French Revolution on the Deluge of Evangelical
• Children’s Literature = 76
• Counter-revolutionary Literature and the Reconstruction of
• Childhood = 81
• Denominational Tensions Revealed in Evangelical Literature = 86
• Protestant and Catholic Tensions in Evangelical Children’s
• Literature = 86
• Confict in Protestant Children’s Literature : High Church and
• Low Church Tensions = 90
• Nonconformist Children’s Literature : Universalism and Fantasy = 95
• Concluding Refections = 98
• Bibliography = 105
• 4 Soteriological Themes in Nineteenth-Century Evangelical
• Children’s Literature 1780-1900 = 111
• Introduction = 111
• Childhood, Original Sin, Repentance, and Conversion = 113
• Salvation for Children Body and Soul = 116
• The Child as Evangel = 118
• Redeeming Eve : Hesba Stretton and the Female Child Exemplar = 120
• Colonial Perspectives on the Child Evangel : The Writings of
• Martha Sherwood = 123
• Child Salvation and Debates on Baptismal Regeneration = 129
• Evangelical Children’s Literature and Child Emigration = 132
• Concluding Refections = 136
• Bibliography = 144
• 5 Biblical Authority in Evangelical Children’s Literature 1780-1900 = 149
• Introduction = 149
• Educating Children in the Bible Through the Sunday School
• Movement = 150
• Women Exegeting, Adapting, and Theologising Biblical
• Narratology for Children = 152
• The Bible as the Moral Code for Children’s Righteous Living = 158
• The Bible and Sabbatarianism in Children’s Literature = 163
• Bible Play in Children’s Literature = 167
• In Defence of the Bible : The Evangelical Apologists = 169
• Concluding Refections = 175
• Bibliography = 182
• 6 Eschatological Themes in Evangelical Children’s
• Literature 1780-1900 = 185
• Introduction = 185
• Debates and Controversies in Christian Eschatology 1780-1900 = 186
• The Development of Child Death Literature = 189
• Eschatological Themes in Children’s Literature = 196
• Concluding Refections = 208
• Bibliography = 216
• 7 Epilogue : Contextualising Theology and Childhood
• Today : A Developing Field of Theological Scholarship = 221
• Bibliography = 227
• Appendix = 229