1st Edition
How Children's Worship Changed the Church Ritualism, Liturgy and Children in the Late Nineteenth Century Church of England
By Catherine M. Haynes
Copyright 2026
180 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book charts nineteenth-century ceremonial and liturgical change through Ritualists’ involvement of children in Church of England services. It draws on previously unresearched records of how children participated in services and considers the way in which their influence as adults subsequently shaped Anglican liturgy, theology, and ecclesiology. Children were famously ‘seen and not heard’... Read more
Introduction
1 The Children’s Service. Children and the Eucharist
2 The Children’s Song. Children and Church Music
3 The Children’s Liturgy. Children’s Catechism Services
4 The Children’s Faith. Additional Liturgical Practices for Children
5 The Children’s Mission. Children’s Guilds and Parish Missions
Conclusion
Epilogue
Biography
Catherine M. Haynes is a tutor in worship and ministerial development at St Padarn’s Institute in Wales.
