Land, faith and the Crofting community : Christianity and social criticism in the Highlands of Scotland 1843-1893
Probes the deep-rooted links between the land, the people and the religious culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands in the nineteenth century.
Church history
VII, 240 Seiten.
9780748623822, 0748623825
255448133
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. The Free Course of Providence: Presbyterian Social Thought in the Age of Disruption and Destitution; 2. A Peculiar People: Highland Religion and Identity; 3. 'The Crofters' War': Genesis 1880-3; 4. The Escalation of Agitation; 5. Politics, Presbyteries and 'The Prophet'; 6. 'The Crofters' War': Disunity and Disorder 1886-8; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.