Studies in church history.
Publisher: Nelson
Published: 1964
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 521
Subjects: Church history -- Congresses
Description: Boy bishops, Holy Innocents, child saints, martyrs and prophets, choirboys and choirgirls, orphans, charity-school children, Sunday-school children, privileged children, deprived, exploited and suffering children - all these feature in this exciting collection of over thirty original essays by a team of international scholars.

The overall themes are the development of the idea of childhood and the experience of children within Christian society - the often ambiguous role of the child both as passive object of ecclesiastical concern and as active religious subject. The authors consider theological and liturgical issues and the social history of the family, as well as art history, literature and music.

In its interdisciplinary scope the work reflects the manifold ways in which children have participated in the life of the Church over the centuries. The subjects under discussion range from the girls of fourth-century Rome to missionary activity in nineteenth-century India; from the unbaptized babies of Byzantium to the Salisbury choirgirls of the 1990s. Adopting a broad, ecumenical approach, the collection includes perspectives on Greeks, Latins, Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans and Dissenters.
Notes: Imprint varies.

Bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Papers read at the first winter and summer meetins [1962] edited by C.W. Dugmore and Charles Duggan.; title: v. 2. Papers read at the second winter and summer meetings [1963] edited by G.J. Cuming.; title: v. 3. Papers read at the third winter and summer meetings [1964] edited by G.J. Cuming.; title: v. 4. Papers read at the fifth summer meeting [1965] edited by G.J. Cuming.; title: v. 5. The Church and academic learning; papers read at the sixth summer meeting [1967] edited by G.J. Cuming.; title: v. 6. The mission of the church and the propagation of the faith [1970] edited by G.J. Cuming.; title: v. 7. Papers read at the eithth summer meeting and the ninth winter meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society, edited by G.J. Cuming, and D. Baker.; title: v. 8. Popular belief and practice; papers read at the ninth summer meeting and the tenth winter meeting, edited by G.J. Cuming and D. Baker.; title: v. 9. Schism, heresy and religious protest; papers read at the tenth summer meeting and the eleventh winter meeting edited by D. Baker.; title: v. 10. Sanctity and secularity: The church and the world. Papers read at the eleventh summer meeting and the twelfth winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society, edited by D. Baker.; title: v. 11. The materials sources and methods of ecclesiastical history.  Papers read at the twelfth summer meeting and the thirteenth winter meeting of the Ecclesiastical Society, edited by D. Baker.; title: v. 12. Church, society and politics.  Papers read at the thirteenth summer meeting and the fourteenth winter meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society, ed. by D. Baker.; title: v. 13. The orthodox churches and the west.  Papers read at the fourteenth summer meeting and the fifteenth winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society.; title: v. 14. Renaissance and renewal in christian history. Papers read at the fifteenth summer meeting and the sixteenth winter meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society, ed. by D. Baker.; title: v. 15. Religious motivation: biographical and sociological problems for the church historian.  Papead at the sixteenth summer meeting and the seventeenth winter meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society, ed. by D. Baker.; title: v. 16. The church in town and countryside: papers read at the seventeenth summer meeting and the eighteenth winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society, ed. by D. Baker.; title: v. 17. Religion and humanism: papers read at the eighteenth summer meeting and the nineteenth winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society, ed. by K. Robbins.; title: v. 18. Religion and national identity: papers read at the nineteenth summer meeting and the twentieth winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society, ed. by S. Mews.; title: v. 19. The church and healing: papers read at the twentieth summer meeting and the twenty-first winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society, ed. by W.J. Sheils.; title: v. 20. The church and war: papers read at the twenty-first summer meeting and the twenty-second winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society, ed. by W.J. Sheils.; title: v. 21. Persecution and toleration: papers read at the twenty-second summer meeting and the twenty-third winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society, ed. by W.J. Sheils.; title: v. 22. Monks, hermits and the ascetic tradition: papers read at the 1984 summer meeting and 1985 winter meeting of the Ecclesiatical History Society, ed. by W.J. Sheils.; title: v. 23.  Voluntary religion: papers read at the 1985 summer meeting and the 1986 winter meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society, ed. by W.J. Sheils and D. Wood.; title: v. 24. The church and wealth: papers read at the 1986 Summer meeting and the 1987 Winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society, edited by W. J. Sheils and D. Wood.; title: v. 25. The churches, Ireland and the Irish: papersread at the 1987 summer meeting and the 1988 winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society.; title: v. 26. The ministry: clerical and lay: papers read at the 1988 Summer meeting and the 1989 Winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society, edited by W. J. Sheils and D. Wood.; title: v. 27. Paper read at the 1989 summer meeting and 1990 winter meeting of the Ecolesiastical history society, edited by W.J. Sheils and Diana Wood.; title: v. 28. The Church and the Arts / edited by Diana Wood.; title: v. 30. Martyrs and martyrologies: papers read at the 1992 summer meeting and the 1993 winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society, edited by Diana Wood.; title: v. 31. Papers read at the 1993 summer meeting and the 1994 winter meeting of the ecclesiastical history society, edited by Diana Wood.; title: v. 32. Unity and diversity in the church, edited by R.N. Swanson.; title: v. 34 Gender and Christian religion.; title: v. 35. Continuity and change in Christian workshop; title: v. 37. The Use and Abuse of Time in Christian history; title: v. 39. The Church and Mary; title: v.41. Signs, wonders, miracles : representations of divine power in the life of the church