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The Culture of Controversy - Religious Arguments in Scotland, 1660-1714 (Hardcover, New)
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The Culture of Controversy - Religious Arguments in Scotland, 1660-1714 (Hardcover, New)
Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History
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Illuminating the development and character of Scottish
Protestantism, The Culture of Controversy proposes new ways of
understanding religion and politics in early modern Scotland. The
Culture of Controversy investigates arguments about religion in
Scotland from the Restoration to the death of Queen Anne and
outlines a new model for thinking about collective disagreement in
seventeenth- and eighteenth-century societies. Rejecting
teleological concepts of the 'public sphere', the book instead
analyses religious debates in terms of a distinctively early modern
'culture of controversy'. This culture was less rational and less
urbanised than the public sphere. Traditional means of
communication such as preaching and manuscript circulation were
more important than newspapers and coffeehouses. As well as verbal
forms of discourse, controversial culture was characterised by
actions, rituals and gestures. People from all social ranks and all
regions of Scotland were involved in religious arguments, but
popular participation remained of questionable legitimacy. Through
its detailedand innovative examination of the arguments raging
between and within Scotland's main religious groups, the
presbyterians and episcopalians, over such issues as Church
government, state oaths and nonconformity, The Culture
ofControversy reveals hitherto unexamined debates about religious
enthusiasm, worship and clerical hypocrisy. It also illustrates the
changing nature of the fault line between the presbyterians and
episcopalians and contextualises the emerging issues of religious
toleration and articulate irreligion. Illuminating the development
and character of Scottish Protestantism, The Culture of Controversy
proposes new ways of understanding religion and politics in late
seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Scotland and will be
particularly valuable to all those with an interest in early modern
British history. Alasdair Raffe is Lecturer in History at
Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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