Figure of the Child in Contemporary Evangelicalism

by Anna Strhan

What does it mean to grow up as an evangelical Christian today? What meanings does 'childhood' have for evangelical adults? How does this shape their engagements with children and with schools? And what does this mean for the everyday realities of children's lives? Based on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork carried out in three contrasting evangelical churches in the UK, Anna Strhan reveals how attending to the significance of children within evangelicalism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198789610
• ISBN13: 9780198789611
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"