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Land, faith and the crofting community : christianity and social criticism in the Highlands of Scotland, 1843-1893

Allan W. MacColl (Author)
Probes the deep-rooted links between the land, the people and the religious culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands in the nineteenth century.
Print Book, English, 2007
Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2007
Church history
vii, 240 pages ; 25 cm.
9780748623822, 0748623825
1110294384
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.