@article{1453915,
      recid = {1453915},
      author = {Smale, Irene,},
      title = {Women, theology and evangelical children's literature,  1780-1900 /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xi, 236 pages)},
      abstract = {This 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 childrens 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 childrens 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  childrens 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 childrens literature to promote their particular  theologies, faith and churchmanships, and to ultimately  save the nation. Irene Euphemia Smale is an Adviser on  Childrens 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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1453915},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19028-5},
}