Evangelical Religion and Popular Education

Under the influence of the evangelical movement in the 18th and early 19th centuries education, in one form or another, was brought to a vast number of people in England and Wales. Originally published in 1969, it is this phenomenon that forms the subject of Dr McLeish's book.

Preface. Part 1: The Historical Background 1. Evangelism and Mass Literacy in Wales 2. The Welsh Circulating Schools 3. Evangelism and Mass Literacy in England Part 2: The Evangelicals in the Light of Social Thought 4. The Economic Interpretation 5. The Anthropological Interpretation 6. The Psychological Interpretation 7. The Sociological Interpretation 8. Conclusions. Glossary. References. Bibliography. Name Index.