What did the Church ever do for us? Johnston McKay unearths a
practical social theology of the church in Scotland in the century
from 1820. It has been widely believed that the church was largely
mute on the widespread poverty and deprivation which accompanied
the rapid expanse of urban life. This study asserts that the church
was not lacking in commitment to improving such conditions, through
the example of theologians Robert Flint and the parish minister
Frederick Lockhart Robertson. Flint's publication of Christ's
Kingdom upon Earth led the Church of Scotland in Glasgow to
investigate slum housing conditions and led to the idea that
religion could not be complacent about the need for social action.
Key Features * Shines new light on the history of the Church of
Scotland * Shows how religion was a reforming movement in an age of
deprivation * Highlights the importance of social reformist writers
within the Church
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