Dissent after disruption : church and state in Scotland, 1843-63 / Ryan Mallon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mallon, Ryan, author.

Series:

Scottish religious cultures. Historical perspectives.

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Scottish religious cultures. Historical perspectives

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free Church of Scotland.

United Presbyterian Church (Scotland).

Church and state--Scotland--History--19th century.

Church and state.

Scotland--Religion--19th century.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.

Summary:

The Disruption of the Church of Scotland was one of the most important events in Victorian Britain and had a profound and lasting impact on Scottish religion, politics, and society. This book provides the first detailed account of the two major non-established Presbyterian denominations in the two decades after 1843, which together accounted for roughly half of Scotland's churchgoers: the Free Church, formed by those who left the Established Church at the Disruption, and the United Presbyterian Church, a consolidation of the various secessions of the previous century. It explores how the relationship between these churches developed from the bitter feuds over the church-state connection prior to the Disruption to co-operation in the major ecclesiastical, political, and social matters of the day, paving the way to negotiations for merger commencing in 1863.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part One. Dissent and Disruption

Chapter one New Lights: The Growth of Dissent and Voluntaryism in Scotland, 1712–1843

CHAPTER TWO A National or Voluntary Church? The Free Church and the Establishment Principle

Part Two Co-operation and Incorporation

CHAPTER THREE ‘Co-operation without Incorporation’: Dissenting Relations after the Disruption

CHAPTER FOUR The Age of Unions? Dissenting Reunion, 1847–63

Part Three Politics and Anti-popery

CHAPTER FIVE Truth, Error and Principle: Anti-Catholicism in Presbyterian Dissent

CHAPTER SIX Bigotry or Liberalism? Dissenting Politics and the Liberal Party

Part Four Reforming Scotland: Social Reform and National Education

CHAPTER SEVEN Recreating the Godly Commonwealth: Urban Mission and Social Reform

CHAPTER EIGHT Scottish Education and Dissenting Division

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 7, 2021).

ISBN:

1-4744-8282-1

1-3995-0213-1

1-4744-8281-3

OCLC:

1306538080