Igniting the “Family Sacrifice”: Cotton Mather and Familial Christian Education in Puritan New England

In his preaching and writing, Puritan pastor Cotton Mather compared family religion to a “family sacrifice.” This image anchored a vision of home nurture that highlighted both the offering of family spiritual practices and the offering of family members themselves as “living sacrifices” in their eve...

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Main Author: Setran, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 2014
In: Christian education journal
Year: 2014, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 350-366
Further subjects:B Catechism
B Puritan
B Family
B Cotton Mather
B Sacrifice
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Summary:In his preaching and writing, Puritan pastor Cotton Mather compared family religion to a “family sacrifice.” This image anchored a vision of home nurture that highlighted both the offering of family spiritual practices and the offering of family members themselves as “living sacrifices” in their everyday lives. Mather's vision of sacrificial family faith formation resulted in an approach that was holy and grace-filled, personal and corporate, formal and informal, and strong and submissive.
ISSN:2378-525X
Contains:Enthalten in: Christian education journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/073989131401100209