The Sunday School Movement - Studies in the Growth and Decline of Sunday Schools

From a historical point of view Sunday schools have immense significance. In the nineteenth century Sunday schools were part of general educational provision and represented the Christian philanthropic impulse to provide a basic education to the population at large and at low cost. In this book a range of experts assess different aspects of the history of the Sunday school movement. Contributors include Clyde Binfield Faith Bowers John Briggs Grayson Ditchfield Hugh McLeod Stephen Orchard Jack Priestley Geoffrey Robson and Doreen Rosman.

Product details

• Authors: John Briggs, Stephen Orchard
• Publisher: Paternoster
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9781842273630
• ISBN: 978-1-84227-363-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 298 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Religion, philosophy, psychology; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity