Scottish Presbyterianism re-established : the case of Stirling and Dunblane, 1687-1710 / Andrew T.N. Muirhead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muirhead, Andrew T. N., author.

Series:

Scottish religious cultures

Scottish religious cultures: historical perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of Scotland--History.

Church of Scotland.

Presbyterian Church--Scotland--History--17th century.

Presbyterian Church.

Presbyterian Church--Scotland--History--18th century.

History.

Stirling (Scotland : District)--Church history.

Stirling (Scotland : District).

Dunblane (Scotland)--Church history.

Dunblane (Scotland).

Scotland.

Scotland--Dunblane.

Scotland--Stirling (District).

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 261 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

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.0This 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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Scotland and its National Church in 1688

2. Ministering in the Presbyteries: Exiles and Antediluvians

3. Ensuring the Continuity of Ministry

4. The Courts of the Church and the Business of Presbytery

5. The Eldership and the Heritors

6. Celebrating the Sacraments

7. Preaching the Word, Week by Week

8. The Survival of Episcopacy

9. Church Discipline and the Law

10. Dunblane's Highland Parishes

11. The Church and the Union of Parliaments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1474447384

9781474447386

OCLC:

1245659206