Creating a Scottish church : Catholicism, gender and ethnicity in nineteenth-century Scotland / S. Karly Kehoe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kehoe, S. K., author.

Series:

Manchester Religious Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Scotland--History--19th century.

Catholic Church.

Church and social problems--Catholic Church.

Church and social problems.

Nationalism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Nationalism.

Nationalism--Scotland--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 206 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book examines the changing nature of Catholicism in modern Scotland by placing a significant emphasis on women religious. It highlights the defining role they played in the transformation and modernisation of the Catholic Church as it struggled to cope with unprecedented levels of Irish migration. The institutions and care-networks that these women established represented a new age in social welfare that served to connect the church with Scotland's emerging civil society. The book examines how the church reacted to liberalism, legislative reform, the rise of evangelicalism and the continued growth of Irish migration between the late 1820s and the late 1850s. A mutual aversion to the Irish and a loyalty to nation and state inspired a recusant and ultramontane laity to invest heavily in a programme of church transformation and development. The recruitment of the Ursulines of Jesus, the first community of nuns to return to Scotland since the Reformation, is highlighted as a significant step towards legitimising Catholic respectability. The book focuses on the recruitment and influence of women religious. It also focuses on the issue of identity by considering how gender and ethnicity influenced the development of these religious communities and how this was connected with the broader campaign to transform Catholic culture in Scotland. The book also examines the development of Catholic education in Scotland between the late 1840s and 1900 and prioritises the role played by women religious in this process.

Contents:

Introduction

Scotland's Catholic Church before emancipation

Reinventing strategies: coping with change

The recruitment of women religious

Constructing a system of education

Consolidating catholicity: devotion, association and community

Conclusion

Appendix: the patrons of the Holy Gild of St Joseph and the St Andrew's Mortuary Gild, Edinburgh, c.1849.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Apr 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5261-3034-3

OCLC:

1076779322