Open AccessPost-Reformation Reformed sources and children
Author(s) -
Adriaan C. Neele
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
hts teologiese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2072-8050
pISSN - 0259-9422
DOI - 10.4102/hts.v64i1.23
Subject(s) - protestantism , subject matter , english reformation , of reformation , period (music) , subject (documents) , history , political science , sociology , psychology , philosophy , theology , law , aesthetics , library science , curriculum , computer science
This article suggests that the topic “children” received considerable attention in the post-Reformation era – the period of CA 1565-1725. In particular, the author argues that the post-Reformation Reformed sources attest of a significant interest in the education and parenting of children. This interest not only continued, but intensified during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation when much thought was given to the subject matter. This article attempts to appraise the aim of post-Reformation Reformed sources on the topic “children.