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Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux

An early 20th-century writer on Christian education, she explored how children grow, learn, and respond to religious teaching. Her books connect child development with the practical work of parents, teachers, and church educators.

2 Audiobooks

Training the Teacher

Training the Teacher

by Martin Grove Brumbaugh, Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux, Marion Lawrance, A. F. (Adolphus Frederick) Schauffler

The Unfolding Life

The Unfolding Life

by Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux

About the author

Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux was an American author whose work focused on religious education and the development of children and students. Publicly available records identify her as Antoinette Judson Abernethy Lamoreaux, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on August 25, 1867, and deceased in Glendale, California, on January 17, 1944.

Her best-known books include The Unfolding Life (1907), a study of development in relation to religious training, and The Pupils in the Church School (1927). She also contributed to Training the Teacher (1908), where her section on "The Pupil" brought ideas from psychology and child study into the training of Sunday school teachers.

Lamoreaux wrote in a practical, thoughtful way, aiming to help adults understand the different stages of childhood and youth. Her work reflects a period when church education was becoming more closely linked with modern ideas about growth, learning, and personality.