Evangelicals and Education - Paperback

by Khim Harris (Author), David W. Bebbington (Foreword by)

This is the first history of English public schools founded by Evangelicals in the nineteenth century. Five existing public schools can be traced back to this period: Cheltenham College, Dean Close School, Monkton Combe School, Trent College, and St Lawrence's College. Some of these schools were set up in direct competition with new Anglo-Catholic schools, while others drew their inspiration from and, to a greater or lesser extent, were modelled on their rivals. Harris documents, for the first time, the rise of Evangelical societies such as the influential Church Association and the little-known Clerical and Lay Associations. An extensive bibliography and useful biographical survey of influential Evangelicals of the period completes this groundbreaking study.

Author Biography

Khim Harris was a lecturer in education at the University of Western Australia before becoming Manager of Education at Perth Zoo. He has a special interest in the history of the nineteenth century. He is an active member of St. Matthew's Anglican Church in Shenton Park and is married with four children.