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  • 2 - Producing the text: production and distribution of popular editions of the Bible

  • from Part I - Producing the Text
  • Edited by John Riches, University of Glasgow
  • Book:
    The New Cambridge History of the Bible
    Published online:
    09 June 2015
    Print publication:
    13 April 2015, pp 49-82

  • Summary

    From the mid-eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries the chronology of production and distribution of the Bible, especially in popular editions, combines two narratives. The first traces a remarkable story of technological development in the printing and related industries, while the second follows the growth of cultural infrastructures that supported evangelical enthusiasm. Once printed, bibles had to be distributed. In the decades before the introduction of bible societies, religious authorities undertook this task directly. Within the Roman Catholic communion, distribution was generally limited to those copies required by members of the clergy. The laws and structure of the new organisation, called the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS), responded to the social and religious tensions within English society. American Bible Society (ABS) incursions were facilitated by an 1860 agreement permitting either society to print editions financed by the other, provided that no changes were made to the text.

  • Chapter 13 - Spreading promising ideas and innovations in child and family services

  • Edited by Fiona Arney, University of South Australia, Dorothy Scott, University of South Australia
  • Foreword by Fiona Stanley, University of South Australia
  • Book:
    Working with Vulnerable Families
    Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    17 May 2010, pp 275-296

  • Summary

    Learning goals

    This chapter will enable you to:

    1. Recognise the importance of spreading good ideas in child welfare

    2. Understand Diffusion of Innovation Theory and how it can be utilised in the transfer of programs, policies and practice in child and family services

    3. Understand why some innovative programs and practices spread and why some fail to be adopted by child and family services

    4. Recognise conditions under which good ideas (programs, practices, policies and ways of working) spread

    5. Understand the facilitators of and barriers to the wider adoption of successful child and family approaches in Australia.

    Introduction

    The services provided by the child and family sector are broad and range from addressing the private troubles of families, including family breakdown, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence and mental health disorders to public issues faced by communities encompassing poverty, homelessness and unemployment. Within the sector, innovative models, programs, ideas, policies, practices, beliefs, behaviours, approaches and new ways of working continue to emerge to address these issues. A number of such innovative approaches have been described throughout this book. The provision and delivery of child and family services is constantly evolving. There is a long history of innovation in the child welfare field, ranging from the introduction of foster care in South Australia in the 1870s (Spence, 1907), the spread of the kindergarten movement in the early 20th century (Wollons, 2000), to the contemporary social marketing strategies to modify parenting behaviour.