Presbyterianism and the governance of the Church of Scotland at the
turn of the eighteenth century Examines church and civil records
available in Stirling Archives and the National Records of
Scotland, as well as memoirs, letters and diaries Describes the new
Presbyterian regime and the circumstances of its replacement of
Episcopal rule Provides statistical analysis of the recruitment and
experiences of new ministers, their relatiships with each other and
heritors Considers the survival of support for the episcopal regime
locally Gives an in-depth examination of local responses to the
controversy leading up to the Act of Union In 1690, the Church of
Scotland rejected episcopal authority and settled as Presbyterian.
The adjacent Presbyteries of Stirling and Dunblane covered an area
that included both lowland and highland communities, speaking both
English and Gaelic and supporting both the new government and the
old thus forming a representative picture of the nation as a whole.
This book examines the ways in which the two Presbyteries operated
administratively, theologically and geographically under the new
regime. By surveying and analysing surviving church records from
1687 to 1710 at Presbytery and parish level, Andrew T. N. Muirhead
shows how the two Presbyteries related to civil authorities, how
they dealt with problematic discipline cases referred by the Kirk
Sessions, their involvement in the Union negotiations and their
overall functioning as human, as well as religious, institution in
seventeenth-century Scotland. The resulting study advances our
understanding of the profound impact that Presbyteries had on those
involved with them in any capacity.
General
| Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Scottish Religious Cultures |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Authors: |
Andrew Muirhead
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
280 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4744-4739-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-4744-4739-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781474447393 |
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