Beneficial to Children：The Child Education and the Parenting of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan（1865–1936）

• Main Authors: Tzu-Ning Huang, 黃子寧
• Other Authors: 許雪姬
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/z4pcwu

博士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 歷史學研究所 === 106 === This research aims at study the children of Presbyterian in Taiwan from 1865 to 1936. By using the church newspaper and Elder John Lai’s Archives to explore the generation, evolution, practice, and the influence of the ideology of “Beneficial to Children” in Presbyterian . The children in this dissertation have a boarder sense of meanings, it can be referred to their age, adolescents, children from the extended family members, or childhood. Under the view of “Beneficial to Children”, both Presbyterian management and Presbyterian are responsible for parenting children beneficially, including the education in the church and their family upbringing at home. This research focus on the development and the shaping of the children under these two scenarios. The first part is an outline on the education of children, including elementary school and Sunday school which supported by Presbyterian Church. The second part focus on the roles of parents and how they raised their children under this context.