Religious Education in the Family

by Henry Frederick Cope

A BOOK LIST

The following books would be found useful for the working library of a class or club following the study of this text or for a section of the church library on the home and family. The books marked with an asterisk are the ones which may be regarded as of first practical value to parents and others studying the development of character in the life of the family.

In addition to the titles mentioned below, the the references at the end of each chapter in this book will furnish a list of other sources of valuable material.

I. the Institution of the Family

C. F. and C. B. Thwing, The Family. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, $1.60. A historical survey of the family with a special study of its modern dangers and needs.

P. T. Forsyth, Marriage, Its Ethics and Religion. Hodder & Stoughton, $1.25. An important, popular statement of the ethics of marriage as the foundation of family life.

*W. F. Lofthouse, Ethics and the Family. Hodder & Stoughton, $2.50 net. The most important recent book on the family; traces its historical development, the ethical ideals involved in the institution, and discusses its present problems and perplexities.

Katherine G. Busby, Home Life in America. Macmillan, $2.00 net. A popular statement of the outstanding characteristics of life in American homes; entertaining and informing.

*Clyde W. Votaw, Progress of Moral and Religious Education in the American Home. Religious Education Association, $0.25. A careful and comprehensive survey, of great value.

Charles A. L. Reed, Marriage and Genetics. Galton Press, Cincinnati, Ohio, $1.00. A surgeon's message on eugenics, especially on the aspects indicated in the title. A study of the laws of human breeding.

II. Child Nature

*E. P. St. John, Child Nature and Child Nurture. Pilgrim Press, $0.50. A textbook dealing with the nature of the child and with problems of his training in the home.

*Irving King, The High School Age. Bobbs-Merrill & Co., $1.00 net. A study of the nature and needs of boys and girls in the first period of adolescence. Written for all who are alive to the problems of this period as well as for school people; gives constructive suggestions for educational problems.

Elizabeth Harrison, A Study of the Child Nature. Chicago Kindergarten College, $1.00. Long recognized as a standard for parents in the study of the development and functions of the child-life.

George E. Dawson, The Right of the Child to Be Well Born. Funk & Wagnalls, $0.75. A plain study of eugenics, non-technical and helpful; includes a chapter on eugenics and religion. To be commended to parents.

George E. Dawson, The Child and His Religion. The University of Chicago Press, $0.75. The religious nature and needs of the child with some suggestions as to method.

*W. Arter Wright, The Moral Conditions and Development of the Child. Jennings & Graham, $0.75. An important and valuable book on the newer views of the religious development of the child-life.

Frederick Tracy and J. Stempfl, The Psychology of Childhood. D. C. Heath & Co., $1.20. Gathers up the general results in the field of child psychology.

*W. G. Koons, The Child's Religious Life. Jennings & Graham, $1.00. From the modern point of view, dealing with some of the interesting problems of the relation of the child to religious life and the development of his religious ideas.

Thomas Stephens, The Child and Religion. Putnam, $1.50. A series of short papers by English writers, particularly on the question of child conversion.

George A. Hubbell, Up through Childhood. Putnam, $1.25. A good general review with special reference to religious problems and religious institutions.

Edith E. R. Mumford, The Dawn of Character. Longmans, Green & Co., $1.20. A very important book, dealing especially with the moral development of young children.

III. Training in the Home

William B. Forbush (ed.), Guide Book to Childhood. American Institute of Child Life, Philadelphia, Pa. Very valuable as a guide to reading on the many problems of child-training.

LeGrand Kerr, The Care and Training of the Child. Funk & Wagnalls, $0.75. A good, general, brief study of the nature of the child and the method of education.

William J. Shearer, The Management and Training of the Child. Richardson, Smith & Co. A popular and practical statement of many problems and their treatment in the home and school.

John Wirt Dinsmore, The Training of Children. American Book Co. While written for school-teachers, this is one of the best studies which parents could possibly read.

A. A. Berle, The School in the Home. Moffat, Yard & Co., $1.00. Contains much valuable suggestion to parents who really desire to take advantage of the educational opportunities of the home.

John Locke, How to Train Up Your Children. Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., London. Written over two hundred years ago, and yet of very great value in many parts to day.

*William B. Forbush, The Coming Generation. D. Appleton & Co., $1.50. Discusses the various aspects of child-training in the light of the social consciousness of today. Many of the public agencies for child betterment are carefully discussed.

*William A. McKeever, Training the Girl. Macmillan, $1.50.

*——, Training the Boy. Macmillan, $1.50. These two books constitute one of the best collections of material, most practical and helpful. They view girls and boys as active factors and all the phases of home and community life are studied with reference to their needs.

IV. Special Religious Training in the Home

*George Hodges, The Training of the Child in Religion. D. Appleton & Co., $1.50. One of the few books dealing in any modern manner with the special problems of the religious life of the family.

Rev. William Becker, Christian Education or The Duties of Parents. B. Herder, St. Louis, $1.00. Recent and interesting sermons on the duties of parents in the religious education of the Catholic child; a striking example of messages that ought to be heard from every pulpit.

John T. Faris, Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for the Children. Sunday School Times Co., $0.50. A number of practical plans are suggested.

*George A. Coe, Education in Religion and Morals. Fleming H. Revell Co., $1.35. A book which all parents ought to read for its valuable guidance on the general principles of religious education.

Elizabeth Grinnell, How John and I Brought Up the Children. American Sunday School Union, $0.70. A popular statement in a simple form of methods of dealing with many of the problems of religious training.

V. Moral Training

Edward H. Griggs, Moral Education. B. W. Huebsch, $1.60. One of the best-known books on this question, readable and helpful at many points.

Ennis Richmond, The Mind of the Child. Longmans, Green & Co., $1.00. One of the most helpful books because of its new and refreshing point of view.

*Edward O. Sisson, The Essentials of Character. Macmillan, $1.00. A book on the broad principles and ideals; one dealing with the outstanding elements of character.

Ernest H. Abbott, On the Training of Parents. Houghton Mifflin Co., $1.00. A bright statement of some of the most perplexing problems of family life.

*Mary Wood-Allen, Making the Best of Our Children. First and Second Series. A. C. McClurg & Co., $1.00 each. Takes one after another of the different situations in child-training.

*Patterson DuBois, The Culture of Justice. Dodd, Mead & Co., $0.75. An important contribution, as it calls attention to some frequently neglected aspects of moral training especially applicable to the home.

Walter L. Sheldon, Duties in the Home. W. M. Welch & Co. A textbook, the thirty sections of which would furnish an excellent basis for parents' discussions of home discipline.

VI. General Reading in the Home

John Macy, Child's Guide to Reading. Baker & Taylor Co., $1.25. A discussion of reading and the education of children thereby, with suggestions and criticisms of suitable books in different departments of reading.

W. T. Taylor, Finger Posts to Children's Reading. A. C. McClurg & Co., $1.00. A practical discussion of suitable reading for children, with a list of books.

*G. W. Arnold, A Mothers' List of Books for Children. A. C. McClurg & Co., $1.00. The books are arranged by ages and topics, making this one of the most useful collections available.

Edward P. St. John, Stories and Story Telling. Eaton & Mains, $0.35. A textbook, for parents' classes. It contains much valuable material.

E. M. Partridge, Story Telling in School and Home. Sturgis & Walton, $1.35. One of the best discussions of the principles and methods of story-telling, with a number of good stories.

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INDEX

Activity in relation to character, [75]
Amusement of young people, [190]
Anger, Dealing with, [224]
Bible, Methods of using the, [121]
Bible, The, in the home, [119]
Blessing at table, [133]
Book list on the family, [290]
Books and reading, [113]
Boy, The, in the family, [173]
Boys' play, [175]
Bullying, [253]
Character, A constructive policy for, [269]
Child nature, Books on, [291]
Child unity with the church, [207]
Child welfare, Religious meanings of, [3]
Childhood characteristics, [53]
Christian family, The, as a type, [41]
Church, The, and the children, [204]
Church, The, and the family, [198]
Church, The, and the program of the home, [271]
Citizenship, Training for, [96]
Class work, Plans of, [281]
Community, The, in relation to the home, [88]
Community service, [91]
Conversation, Religious, [62]
Courtship, [188]
Dishonesty, [249]
Economic development of the home, [13]
Educational function, The, of the family, [46]
Educational process, The, [49]
Factory system, The, and the home, [14]
Family as an institution, Books on the, [290]
"Family Book," [155]
Family defined, [5]
Family ideal in the church, [202]
Family life, Dominating motive of, [27]
Family worship, [126]
Family worship, Methods of, [133]
Father, The, and the boy, [177]
Father, The, and the family, [263]
Fighting among children, [234]
Function of the family, [46]
Future of the family, [268]
Girl, The, in the family, [180]
God, The consciousness of, [64]
Grace at table, [133]
Hebrew family life, [39]
Home and school co-operation, [213]
Home, is it passing? [10]
Home, Religious interpretation of, [1]
Home versus family, [18], [22]
Honesty, Training in, [249]
Hymns for children, [102]
Jesus' teaching on the family, [42]
Loyalty as the basic principle, [31], [54]
Loyalty, The organization of, [57]
Lying and the moral problem, [240]
Meals, Conversation at, [165]
Moral crises, Dealing with, [218]
Moral life, religious roots in the family, [31]
Moral teaching, [70]
Moral training, Books on, [294]
Motive, Religious, in the family, [2]
Music in the family, [105]
Organization of home, Purpose of, [19]
Parental aversion, [186]
Parenthood and religious training, [260]
Parents' classes, [274]
Parents trained in schools, [214]
Petulancy in children, [233]
Play activity, [107]
Play, A policy of, [150]
Play on Sunday, [149]
Prayers, Children's, [135]
Prayers, Family, [137]
Quarrels of children, [231]
Questions, Children's, [69]
Reading, Developing taste for, [115]
Religious character of the family, [46]
Religious development of the child, [52]
Religious education in the family, Books on, [293]
Religious education, Meaning of, [47]
Religious growth of the child, [55]
Religious history of the family, [37]
Religious ideas of children, [60]
Religious service, [78], [80]
School, The home as a, [87]
Schools, Public, and the home, [212]
Self-control, Developing, [227], [236]
Social life of youth, [189]
Social qualities to be developed, [28]
Social training, [29], [82], [92]
Socialization of the home, [16]
Song and story, [101]
Spiritual values, Place of, [30]
Stories and reading, [110]
Story-telling, [110]
Sunday afternoon problem, [154]
Sunday in the home, [145]
Sunday play, [149]
Table, Ministry of the, [164]
Table-talk, [169]
Teasing and bullying, [253]
Will, Training the, [221]
Work and character, [76]
Worship in the family, [126]
Worship, Outlines of, [139]
Youth in the home, [183]

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