英国主日学校运动的背景、发展与影响

The Background,Growth and Influence of the Sunday School Movement in England

早期主日学校运动是英国中产阶级知识精英为解决童工教育问题所做出的一种尝试,有着特定的社会背景和观念源起。在工人阶层的广泛参与下,到19世纪中期,多达半数以上的英国儿童在主日学校中注册学习。主日学校既是工人子弟提高识字水平、接受宗教教育的场所,也是其文化生活的重要社会纽带。

Sunday School Movement was originally an attempt by the English middle class intellectual elites who wanted to deal with the problem of child labour＇s education. It appeared in a special social context and had special idea origin. With the participation of the working class, more than half of the children of England enrolled in Sunday schools in mid-nineteenth century. Sunday schools were not only the places in which the children of working chlass learned to enhance the level of literacy and received religious indoctrination, but also an important social bond which connected their cultural life.