RT Book
T1 The kirk and the kingdom: a century of tension in Scottish theology, 1830-1929
T2 The Chalmers lectures for 2011
A1 McKay, Johnston R.
LA English
PP Edinburgh
PB Edinburgh University Press
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883304953
AB What did the Church ever do for us? Johnston McKay unearths a practical social theology of the church in Scotland in the century from 1820. It has been widely believed that the church was largely mute on the widespread poverty and deprivation which accompanied the rapid expanse of urban life. This study asserts that the church was not lacking in commitment to improving such conditions, through the example of theologians Robert Flint and the parish minister Frederick Lockhart Robertson. Flint's publication of Christ's Kingdom upon Earth led the Church of Scotland in Glasgow to investigate slum housing conditions and led to the idea that religion could not be complacent about the need for social action. Key Features  * Shines new light on the history of the Church of Scotland  * Shows how religion was a reforming movement in an age of deprivation  * Highlights the importance of social reformist writers within the Church.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2016)
CN BX9072
SN 9780748644742
K1 Church of Scotland : History : 19th century
K1 Church of Scotland
K1 Church of Scotland ; History ; 19th century
K1 Scotland ; Social conditions ; 19th century
K1 Scotland : Social conditions, 19th century.
K1 Scotland : Social conditions : 19th century