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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Church of Scotland."”.
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Dissent and the Church of Scotland, 1660-1690
The subject of this dissertation is the ecclesiastical history of Scotland between 1660 and 1690. This work will examine the struggle between `presbytery' and `prelacy' in detail, and it will examine the role of the state in that conflict. The first three chapters deal with the post-Restoration …
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The Popular party in the Church of Scotland, 1740-1800
The Popular party in the eighteenth century Church of Scotland has received little attention from historians and there has never been a comprehensive analysis of its nature and ideology. This dissertation is an attempt to remedy that defect. It commences by surveying the nineteenth and twentieth …
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Holy communion in the Church of Scotland in the nineteenth century
Summary available: p. iv-vii.
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Church and state in the Free Church of Scotland between 1843 - 1873
Summary: p. xii-xiv.
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The questing spirit: listening to the silent voice of gay clergy in the Church of Scotland
… and symbolize the dichotomy which the subject of homosexuality, in general, and gay clergy, in particular, creates within the Church of Scotland. This thesis seeks to explore this dichotomy The Prologue provides an autobiographical backcloth to the research, it acknowledges my own personal …
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The Marrow Controversy and Seceder Tradition: Marrow Theology in the Associate Presbytery and Associate Synod Secession Churches of Scotland (1733-1799)
Edward Fisher’s The Marrow of Modern Divinity, first published in 1645 in<br/>England, was republished in Scotland in 1718 by Church of Scotland minister James Hog, quickly becoming the focal point of what would be known as the Marrow controversy. Rival parties developed within the Church of …
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The contribution of Scottish covenant thought to the discussions of the Westminster Assembly (1643-1648) and its continuing significance to the Marrow controversy (1717-1723)
… aims to examine the development and significance of covenant doctrine in the Scottish Church during the struggles of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This development is examined in its political, historical, social, theological and ecclesiastical context. The idea of covenant is central …
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Time for favour: Scottish missions to the Jews, 1838-1852
… study is an original and extensive investigation of the development and influence of Scottish Presbyterian missions to the Jewish people in the period 1838-1852. Brief popular accounts of this story have been written, most notably David McDougal’s chronicle In Search o f Israel (London, T. Nelson, …
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The impact of Irish nationalism on central Scotland, 1898-1939
The impact of Irish nationalism on central Scotland, 1898 – 1939 The years 1898 to 1939 were momentous ones for both Irish and Scottish history. The rise of Sinn Fein, the impact of the First World War and the Easter Rising, followed by the formation of the Irish Free State in 1921 and Eire in 1937 …
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From slavery to freedom : the Oromo slave children of Lovedale, prosopography and profiles.
… trade, a British warship liberated a consignment of Oromo child slaves in the Red Sea and took them to Aden. A year later, a further group of liberated Oromo slave children joined them at a Free Church of Scotland mission at Sheikh Othman, just north of Aden. When a number of the children died …
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Plaine, simple, short, and profitable’: The Theology of A Short Sum of the Whole Catechism (or Craig’s Catechism) and its Place in Scottish Reformed Catechesis from Geneva to Westminster
This dissertation seeks to examine the theology of A Short Sum of the Whole Catechism – which became known as Craig’s Catechism – which was published by Scottish Reformer John Craig (1512-1600) in 1581. Craig was a prominent churchman and minister in the Church of Scotland, serving in St Giles …
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The sacramental theology and practice of the Reverend John Willison (1680-1750)
… (1680-1750) was a leading Evangelical in the Church of Scotland, whose prolific writing had a pronounced sacramental emphasis, at a time when the Lord's Supper was infrequently celebrated. The thesis aims to examine his sacramental theology and practice. Chapter one reconstructs his 'roots' …
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The Apologetics of Thomas Chalmers: The influences, methods, and effects of chalmers’ rebuttals to objections to christianity
Scholarly investigations of the works of Dr. Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) primarily focus on his pastoral ministry and role in the formation of the Free Church of Scotland, passing over his apologetic and theological endeavours. Consequently, the contents and methodologies of Chalmers’ arguments …
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A missionary life among the amaXhosa : the Eastern Cape journals of James Laing, 1830-1836
This thesis is a critical edition of a section of the journals of the Reverend James Laing of the Glasgow Missionary Society. The first scholarly study of the Laing journals, this thesis seeks to contribute towards a new understanding of the early days of transcultural interchange on the Eastern …
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Scotland’s Forgotten Theologian: The Life, Theology, and Legacy of Patrick Fairbairn (1805-74)
Patrick Fairbairn (1805-74) was a Free Church of Scotland minister and the founding principal of the Free Church College, Glasgow (now Trinity College). In addition to his academic and pastoral duties, he authored eight books, edited and compiled a theological dictionary, and wrote numerous …
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'A Machinery for the moral elevation of a town population': Church Extension in Glasgow, 1800-1843
This thesis considers the various church building schemes that took place in Glasgow during the early nineteenth century, focussing upon one particular model – that of church extension – to examine the way in which the Established Church of Scotland negotiated a space materially and culturally …
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Religion and Scottish Military Experience, c. 1690–1763
… whether the eighteenth century was an ‘Age of Reason’ or an ‘Age of Faiths’. Addressing a historiographical gap, it explores how religious dynamics within the army and civil-military relations shaped the experiences of Scottish military men and contributed to broader politico-religious …
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Thomas Boston and the doctrine of God’s will
The focus of this thesis is the Reformed doctrine of the will of God and its pastoral application in the theology of Thomas Boston (1676-1732). The objective of this thesis is to establish Boston’s doctrine of the will of God and how he applies that doctrine pastorally. We shall argue that one …
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