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Highland Shepherd : James MacGregor, Father of the Scottish Enlightenment in Nova Scotia /
In 1786, the Reverend James MacGregor (1759-1830) was dispatched across the North Atlantic to establish a dissenting Presbyterian church in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The decision dismayed MacGregor, who had hoped for a post in the Scottish Highlands. Yet it led to a remarkable career in what was still th...
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2016]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Historiographical Introduction
- Presbyterian Organization Relating to Macgregor's Life
- 1. Awaiting the Verdict
- 2. Honour Thy Father
- 3. New Beginnings for Father and Son
- 4. Glasgow and Alloa
- 5. In Passage
- 6. Orienting
- 7. Settling In and Broadening Out
- 8. Letter to a Minister
- 9. On the Road
- 10. Years of Trial
- 11. A Threefold Cord and a Wedding
- 12. East Side, West Side
- 13. New Places, New Faces
- 14. Pictou and Progress
- 15. Onward Christian Soldiers
- 16. Last Calls
- 17. Erring Shepherds
- 18. The Dissenter as Moderator
- 19. An Enduring Spirit
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index