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

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
References
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
References
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 &
state of research
Categories of textbooks combining reading instruction and catechesis
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
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
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
3.3. Catechism primers in Denmark (and Norway until 1814)
Schooling, religion and literacy in Denmark: C. 1500-1850
Catechism primers in Denmark
Availability of sources &
state of research
Two examples
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
3.4. Catechism primers in Iceland
Schooling, religion and literacy in Iceland: C. 1500-1850
Catechism primers in Iceland
Availability of sources &
state of research
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
3.5. Catechism primers in Greenland
Schooling and religion in Greenland: Eighteenth to mid-twentieth century
Catechism primers in Greenland
Availability of sources &
state of research
The first Greenlandic manuscripts and books in print
The first catechism primer in Greenlandic
Reading primers (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
3.6. Catechism primers in Norway
Schooling and religion in Norway: Sixteenth to nineteenth century
Catechism primers in Norway
Availability of sources &
state of research
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechism (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
3.7. Catechism primers in Sweden
Schooling, religion and literacy in Sweden: Seventeenth to nineteenth centuries
Catechism primers in Sweden
Availability of sources &
state of research
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources.

3.8. Catechism primers in Finland
Schooling and religion in Finland: Sixteenth to twentieth century
Catechism primers in Finland
Availability of sources &
state of research
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
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
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
3.10. Catechism primers in Estonia
Schooling in Estonia (Estland and Livland): Sixteenth to nineteenth century
Catechism primers in Estonia
State of research
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
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
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
3.12. Catechism primers in France
Schooling and religion in France. Sixteenth to nineteenth century
Catechism primers in France
Availability of sources and state of research
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Treatises on Christian schooling
Secondary sources
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
Availability of sources and state of research
Two examples of primers.

Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
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
Availability of sources &
state of research
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
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
Availability of sources &
state of research
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
3.16. Catechism primers in Italy
Schooling and religion in Italy sixteenth to nineteenth century
Catechism primers in Italy
Availability of sources &
state of research
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
3.17. Catechism primers in Spain
Schooling and religion in Spain: Fifteenth to nineteenth century
Catechism primers in Spain
Availability of sources &
state of research
Two examples of primers
Reading primers and catechisms (in chronological order)
Secondary sources
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
References
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
References
4.3. Concluding notes
References
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.