Title: Studies in church history
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.
Subjects: Church history, Congresses, Church work with children, Religious life, Christian education of children, Children, History, Societies, Christian communities, Christian sects, Christianity, Wealth, History of doctrines, Women in Christianity, Sex, Liturgics, Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Congresses., Women in Christianity -- History -- Congresses., Histoire, Rijkdom, Eigendom, Aspects religieux, Armoede-ideaal, Christianisme, Congrès, Santé, Christendom, Religion, Irish, Kirchengeschichte, Scots-Irish, Kongress, Kind, Kinderen, Geschichte, Enfants (théologie chrétienne), Kirche, Éducation religieuse des enfants, Katholische Kirche, Vie religieuse, Pastorale des enfants, Enfants, Aufsatzsammlung, Histoire des doctrines, Christian union, Unité, Schism, Histoire religieuse, Unity, Église, Pluralisme religieux, Multiculturalism, Plurale samenleving, Religious pluralism, Church, Pluralisme théologique, Eenheid van de Kerk, Children, religious life, Church finance, Christian union, history, Church--unity--history of doctrines, Church--unity--history of doctrines--congresses, Religious pluralism--christianity--history of doctrines, Religious pluralism--christianity--history of doctrines--congresses, Schism--history, Schism--history--congresses, Christian union--history, Christian union--history--congresses, Church history--congresses, Multiculturalism--religious aspects--christianity--history of doctrines, Multiculturalism--religious aspects--christianity--history of doctrines--congresses, Br148 .e23 1994, 270, Religious aspects, Children in public worship