Introduction
History of the problem
A history of care
Charity as a historical care practice
History and ethics
Care and faith
Method and purpose
Definitions of care
Caring for roosje
Reconstruction of a life story
Tribute to a mother
Construction of a complaint
An appropriate and yet contestable judgement on care
Men in association : class and charity
Catholic care provision in Amsterdam
Bishop van Vree
Father Frentrop, Doctor Cramer and their association of municence
Father Hesseveld, a secular priest
Activities of the in terms of care
An instrumental model of charity
Ladies and housemaids : gender and charity Catholic caring women in historiography
Education for girls
The servants' issue
Beyond the thesis of the 'civilisation offensive'
Gender, class, and religion
Powerful and empowering care : confession and charity
Approach and definitions
Benevolence as both care and power
Humanising Protestantism
Prison reform by Fry
Butler's dedication to prostitutes
Influence of Fry and Butler on the Netherlands
The inner mission movement
Conceptual comments
From the viewpoint of care receivers
Evelina's memoirs
The very beginning
The arrival of Mietje Stroot
A controversial first communion
Institutional expansion
Nursemaids become real sisters
A charitable care practice experienced from within
Civilisation offensive, charitable solidarity, or caring power
Tronto's fourth phase revised : two responses to care
Care leavers and their opposite judgements
The care vision in the normative texts
Normative writings and daily life
History of the church and history of religion
Principles and a name
The rule
Instructions for the upbringing of the children
The constitutions of 1882
The sisterly care vision : a referential and a replacement view
The purpose of the congregation in terms of care solidarity with strangers because of metaphorical kinship
Caring for the children of God.