Scottish Presbyterianism Re-Established: The Case of Stirling and Dunblane, 1687-1710 (Scottish Religious Cultures)
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Scottish Presbyterianism Re-Established: The Case of Stirling and Dunblane, 1687-1710 (Scottish Religious Cultures)

Scottish Presbyterianism Re-Established: The Case of Stirling and Dunblane, 1687-1710 (Scottish Religious Cultures)

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Andrew Muirhead (Author)  

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Presbyterianism and the governance of the Church of Scotland at the turn of the eighteenth century Examines church and civil records available in Stirling Archives and the National Records of Scotland, as well as memoirs, letters and diaries Describes the new Presbyterian regime and the circumstances of its replacement of Episcopal rule Provides statistical analysis of the recruitment and experiences of new ministers, their relatiships with each other and heritors Considers the survival of support for the episcopal regime locally Gives an in-depth examination of local responses to the controversy leading up to the Act of Union 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. This 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. 13 B/W tables
Andrew T. N. Muirhead is an independent researcher, former President of the Scottish Church History Society and a former Deputy Clerk at the Presbytery of Stirling. He has been indexing church records in Stirling for 10 years and is the author of Reformation, Dissent and Diversity: The Story of Scotland's Churches, 1560 1960 (2015).
  • Contributor: Andrew Muirhead
  • Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
  • ISBN13: 9781474447393
  • Number of Pages: 280
  • Packaged Dimensions: 156x234mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
  • Release Date: 2023-08-16
  • Series: Scottish Religious Cultures
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Andrew T. N. Muirhead is an independent researcher, former President of the Scottish Church History Society and a former Deputy Clerk at the Presbytery of Stirling. He has been indexing church records in Stirling for 10 years and is the author of Reformation, Dissent and Diversity: The Story of Scotland's Churches, 1560 1960 (2015).

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