Land, faith and the crofting community : christianity and social criticism in the Highlands of Scotland, 1843-1893 /

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This book probes the deep-rooted links between the land, the people and the religious culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands in the nineteenth century. The responses of the clergy to the social crisis which enveloped the region have often been characterised as a mixture of callous indifferenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacColl, Allan W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006.
Colección:Scottish historical review monographs series ; no. 14.
Temas:
1800-1899
Church and social problems > Scotland > Highlands > History > 19th century.
Crofters > Scotland > Highlands > History > 19th century.
Land reform > Scotland > Highlands > History > 19th century.
Église et problèmes sociaux > Écosse > Highlands > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Crofters > Écosse > Highlands > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Réforme agraire > Écosse > Highlands > Histoire > 19e siècle.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
HISTORY > General.
Church and social problems.
Crofters.
Land reform.
Social conditions
Highlands (Scotland) > Church history > 19th century.
Highlands (Scotland) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Scotland > Highlands.
Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The Free Course of Providence: Presbyterian Social Thought in the Age of Disruption and Destitution; CHAPTER TWO A Peculiar People: Highland Religion and Identity; CHAPTER THREE 'The Crofters' War': Genesis 1880-3; CHAPTER FOUR The Escalation of Agitation; CHAPTER FIVE Politics, Presbyteries and 'The Prophet'; CHAPTER SIX 'The Crofters' War': Disunity and Disorder 1886-8; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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