diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57e5dcd..de93b26 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,11 @@ doc/public
 doc/data/versions.json
 .generated
 .phpunit.result.cache
+.idea/.gitignore
+.idea/modules.xml
+.idea/php-test-framework.xml
+.idea/php.xml
+.idea/phpunit.xml
+.idea/plates.iml
+.idea/vcs.xml
+composer.phar
diff --git a/src/Template/Template.php b/src/Template/Template.php
index db11a9f..21c66f0 100644
--- a/src/Template/Template.php
+++ b/src/Template/Template.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace League\Plates\Template;
 
-use Exception;
 use League\Plates\Engine;
 use League\Plates\Exception\TemplateNotFound;
 use LogicException;
@@ -43,9 +42,10 @@ class Template
 
     /**
      * An array of section content.
-     * @var array
+     *
+     * @var TemplateSectionCollection
      */
-    protected $sections = array();
+    protected $sections;
 
     /**
      * The name of the section currently being rendered.
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public function __construct(Engine $engine, $name)
     {
         $this->engine = $engine;
         $this->name = new Name($engine, $name);
+        $this->sections = new TemplateSectionCollection();
 
         $this->data($this->engine->getData($name));
     }
@@ -173,7 +174,9 @@ public function render(array $data = array())
 
             if (isset($this->layoutName)) {
                 $layout = $this->engine->make($this->layoutName);
-                $layout->sections = array_merge($this->sections, array('content' => $content));
+                $layout->sections->merge($this->sections);
+                $contentSectionName = 'content';
+                $layout->sections[$contentSectionName] = $content;
                 $content = $layout->render($this->layoutData);
             }
 
@@ -251,31 +254,31 @@ public function unshift($name)
      */
     public function stop()
     {
-        if (is_null($this->sectionName)) {
+        $sectionName = $this->sectionName;
+
+        if (is_null($sectionName)) {
             throw new LogicException(
                 'You must start a section before you can stop it.'
             );
         }
 
-        if (!isset($this->sections[$this->sectionName])) {
-            $this->sections[$this->sectionName] = '';
+        if (!$this->sections->has($sectionName)) {
+            $this->sections[$sectionName] = '';
         }
 
-        switch ($this->sectionMode) {
+        $sectionContent = ob_get_clean();
 
-            case self::SECTION_MODE_REWRITE:
-                $this->sections[$this->sectionName] = ob_get_clean();
-                break;
-
-            case self::SECTION_MODE_APPEND:
-                $this->sections[$this->sectionName] .= ob_get_clean();
-                break;
+        // if ob_clean failed for some reason let's just ignore the result
+        if ($sectionContent === false) {
+            return;
+        }
 
-            case self::SECTION_MODE_PREPEND:
-                $this->sections[$this->sectionName] = ob_get_clean().$this->sections[$this->sectionName];
-                break;
+        $this->sections->add(
+            $sectionName,
+            $sectionContent, 
+            $this->sectionMode
+        );
 
-        }
         $this->sectionName = null;
         $this->sectionMode = self::SECTION_MODE_REWRITE;
         $this->appendSection = false; /* for backward compatibility */
@@ -307,13 +310,22 @@ public function section($name, $default = null)
 
     /**
      * Fetch a rendered template.
+     *
      * @param  string $name
      * @param  array  $data
      * @return string
      */
     public function fetch($name, array $data = array())
     {
-        return $this->engine->render($name, $data);
+        $template = $this->engine->make($name);
+        $content = $template->render($data);
+
+        // some info like 'sections' are only filled during
+        // the render processing, so here we have a window to
+        // fetch them and join to this template.
+        $this->sections->merge($template->sections);
+
+        return $content;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -324,7 +336,7 @@ public function fetch($name, array $data = array())
      */
     public function insert($name, array $data = array())
     {
-        echo $this->engine->render($name, $data);
+        echo $this->fetch($name, $data);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Template/TemplateSection.php b/src/Template/TemplateSection.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9050da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Template/TemplateSection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace League\Plates\Template;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the object format of the data target 
+ * to be rendered in a Template's Section.
+ */
+class TemplateSection
+{
+    /**
+     * Section mode.
+     *
+     * @var int
+     */
+    protected $mode;
+
+    /**
+     * Section content.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $content;
+
+    /**
+     * Section name.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $name;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string  $name
+     * @param ?string $content
+     * @param ?int    $mode
+     */
+    public function __construct(string $name, $content = '', $mode = Template::SECTION_MODE_REWRITE)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+        $this->content = $content;
+        $this->mode = $mode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  string $content
+     * @param  int    $mode
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function add(string $content, int $mode)
+    {
+        $this->mode = $mode;
+
+        // if this template doesn't have that section, so we just add it.
+        if (empty($this->content)) {
+            $this->content = $content;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // otherwise we need to consider the incoming section mode
+        if ($mode === Template::SECTION_MODE_REWRITE) {
+            $this->content = $content;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ($mode === Template::SECTION_MODE_APPEND) {
+            $this->content = $this->content . $content;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ($mode === Template::SECTION_MODE_PREPEND) {
+            $this->content = $content . $this->content;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string|null
+     */
+    public function getContent(): string
+    {
+        return $this->content;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getName(): string
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getMode(): int
+    {
+        return $this->mode;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Template/TemplateSectionCollection.php b/src/Template/TemplateSectionCollection.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98c174d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Template/TemplateSectionCollection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace League\Plates\Template;
+
+use ArrayAccess;
+use InvalidArgumentException;
+
+/**
+ * Collection of TemplateSections that can be used to fill Template's Sections.
+ * Here is defined a common API for merging Template Section data.
+ * NOTE: currently this is not iterable, so do not try this in a foreach.
+ */
+class TemplateSectionCollection implements ArrayAccess
+{
+    /**
+     * @var array<string, TemplateSection>
+     */
+    private $sections = array();
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $offset
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function has(string $offset): bool
+    {
+        return array_key_exists($offset, $this->sections);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $offset
+     *
+     * @return TemplateSection
+     */
+    public function get(string $offset)
+    {
+        return $this->sections[$offset];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string               $offset
+     * @param TemplateSection|null $value
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function set(string $offset, $value)
+    {
+        if (!is_string($offset)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('The desired section offset must be a string.');
+        }
+        if (!($value instanceof TemplateSection) && $value != null) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('The section set must be of type TemplateSection.');
+        }
+        $this->sections[$offset] = $value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $offset
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function offsetExists($offset): bool
+    {
+        if (!is_string($offset)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('The desired section offset must be a string.');
+        }
+        return $this->has($offset);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $offset
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function offsetGet($offset)
+    {
+        if (!is_string($offset)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('The desired section offset must be a string.');
+        }
+        return $this->get($offset)->getContent();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $offset
+     * @param string $value
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function offsetSet($offset, $value): void
+    {
+        if (!is_string($offset)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('The desired section offset must be a string.');
+        }
+        $this->add($offset, $value, Template::SECTION_MODE_REWRITE);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $offset
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function offsetUnset($offset)
+    {
+        if (!is_string($offset)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('The desired section offset must be a string.');
+        }
+        $this->sections[$offset] = null;
+        unset($this->sections[$offset]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pushes the given section content to the sections array.
+     * You can use the $mode to merge the content to an existing
+     * content if that section content already exists.
+     *
+     * @param string $name
+     * @param string $content
+     * @param ?int   $mode
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function add(string $name, string $content, $mode = Template::SECTION_MODE_APPEND) 
+    {
+        if ($this->has($name)) {
+            $this->sections[$name]->add($content, $mode);
+            return;
+        }
+        $this->sections[$name] = new TemplateSection($name, $content, $mode);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Merges another Template Sections collection into 
+     * this one taking in consideration the template 
+     * section's modes.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function merge(TemplateSectionCollection $templateSections)
+    {
+        foreach ($templateSections->sections as $section) {
+            $this->add(
+                $section->getName(), 
+                $section->getContent(),
+                $section->getMode()
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Template/TemplateTest.php b/tests/Template/TemplateTest.php
index 788acd0..54b1be2 100644
--- a/tests/Template/TemplateTest.php
+++ b/tests/Template/TemplateTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 class TemplateTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var Template
+     */
     private $template;
 
     protected function setUp(): void
@@ -183,6 +186,69 @@ public function testReplaceSection()
         $this->assertSame('See this instead!', $this->template->render());
     }
 
+    public function testInheritedSection()
+    {
+        vfsStream::create(
+            array(
+                'template-child.php' => '<?php $this->push("textSection") ?>See this! <?php $this->stop() ?>',
+                'template.php' => '<?php $this->layout("layout")?><?= $this->fetch("template-child")?><?php $this->push("textSection") ?>See this too!<?php $this->stop() ?>',
+                'layout.php' => '<?php echo $this->section("textSection") ?>',
+            )
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame('See this! See this too!', $this->template->render());
+    }
+
+    public function testInheritedSectionUnshift()
+    {
+        vfsStream::create(
+            array(
+                'template-child.php' => '<?php $this->push("textSection") ?>See this!<?php $this->stop() ?>',
+                'template.php' => '<?php $this->layout("layout")?><?= $this->fetch("template-child")?><?php $this->unshift("textSection") ?>See this too! <?php $this->stop() ?>',
+                'layout.php' => '<?php echo $this->section("textSection") ?>',
+            )
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame('See this too! See this!', $this->template->render());
+    }
+
+    public function testInheritedSectionUnshiftsParent()
+    {
+        vfsStream::create(
+            array(
+                'template-child.php' => '<?php $this->unshift("textSection") ?>See this! <?php $this->stop() ?>',
+                'template.php' => '<?php $this->layout("layout")?><?php $this->unshift("textSection") ?>See this too!<?php $this->stop() ?><?= $this->fetch("template-child")?>',
+                'layout.php' => '<?php echo $this->section("textSection") ?>',
+            )
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame('See this! See this too!', $this->template->render());
+    }
+
+    public function testInheritedSectionReplacement()
+    {
+        vfsStream::create(array(
+            'template-child.php' => '<?php $this->push("textSection") ?>See this!<?php $this->stop() ?>',
+            'template.php' => '<?php $this->layout("layout")?><?= $this->fetch("template-child")?><?php $this->start("textSection") ?>See this too!<?php $this->stop() ?>',
+            'layout.php' => '<?php echo $this->section("textSection") ?>',
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertSame('See this too!', $this->template->render());
+    }
+
+    public function testInheritedSectionReplacesParent()
+    {
+        vfsStream::create(
+            array(
+                'template-child.php' => '<?php $this->start("textSection") ?>See this replacement!<?php $this->stop() ?>',
+                'template.php' => '<?php $this->layout("layout")?><?php $this->start("textSection") ?> See this too!<?php $this->stop() ?><?= $this->fetch("template-child")?>',
+                'layout.php' => '<?php echo $this->section("textSection") ?>',
+            )
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame('See this replacement!', $this->template->render());
+    }
+
     public function testStartSectionWithInvalidName()
     {
         // The section name "content" is reserved.