Emotions in Scottish Protestant public worship, 1560-1638 / Nathan C.J. Hood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hood, Nathan C. J., author.

Series:

Scottish religious cultures

Scottish religious cultures : historical perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protestant churches--Scotland--16th century.

Protestant churches.

Protestant churches--Scotland--17th century.

Public worship--Scotland--16th century.

Public worship.

Public worship--Scotland--17th century.

Emotions--Religious aspects--Protestant churches.

Emotions.

Protestant churches--Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"This book explores the affective dimension of Scottish Protestant public worship in early modern Scotland. It examines how the intensely emotional character of Scottish Puritan or godly piety was reflective of the emotional norms many Scots had to navigate in congregational worship following the Protestant Reformation. Using historiographical approaches developed within the history of emotions discipline, the book argues that in corporate rituals such as prayer, preaching, public repentance, fasting and the Lord's Supper, Scottish Protestants were expected to experience and express a variety of feelings that were associated with the cycle of conversion. These prescribed emotions were seen as integral to the efficacy of the liturgy, playing a vital role in the individual's, community's and nation's encounter with God. The book argues that these standards of emotion were informed by medieval, secular and protestant sources and new perspectives emerge on their profound impact upon the major political events that shaped seventeenth century Scotland"-- De Gruyter Brill.

Contents:

Introduction : Scottish Protestant worship and the history of emotions

Defining the passions and affections

Public prayer as ‘talking with God’

Preaching : The instrument of conversion

Public repentance as a performance of conversion

Ecstasy in the Lord’s Supper

Emotional directions in the Service Book and the National Covenant

Conclusion : The centrality of emotion in the rituals of the Kirk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed January 12, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Hood, Nathan C. J. Emotions in Scottish Protestant public worship, 1560-1638

ISBN:

9781399507417

1399507419

9781399507424

1399507427

OCLC:

1535771594

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license