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Zusatztext This well-researched and much needed book is also a thorough introduction to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Scottish society and its various denominations. Informationen zum Autor Rowan Strong is Lecturer in Church History at Murdoch University, Australia Klappentext Rowan Strong examines the history of Scottish Episcopalianism and its various sub-cultures in the nineteenth century as they came to terms with the new urbanizing and industrializing society of the time. He provides an outline of the history of Episcopalianism in Scotland from the sixteenth century to 1900, and addresses the issue of Episcopalianism and Scottish identity, which is topical today. Zusammenfassung Rowan Strong examines the history of Scottish Episcopalianism in the nineteenth century as a response to the new urbanizing and industrializing society of the time. In particular, he looks at the various Episcopalian sub-cultures which had to come to terms with these social and economic changes. These sub-cultures include Highland Gaels; North-East crofters, farmers and fisherfolk; urban Episcopalians; aristocratic Episcopalians; and Evangelicals and Anglo-Catholics. He provides also an outline of the history of Episcopalianism in Scotland from the sixteenth century to 1900, Rowan Strong addresses the issue of Episcopalianism and Scottish identity, which is topical today. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Scottish Episcopalianism 1560- 1900 2: Traditional rural Episcopalianism; the North-East 3: Gaelic Episcopalianism 4: Urban Epsicopalianism 5: Partisian Episcopalianism: Evangelicalism and Anglo-Catholicism 6: Aristocratic Episcopalianism 7: Episcopalianism and Scotland
