Island spirituality : spiritual values of Lewis and Harris
McIntosh, Alastair2013
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Lewis and Harris are also known as the Long Island - and this book takes a long view. The first chapter,'A Spiritual Place and People', takes us back to the earliest Christians on the island, the Irish monks, who sought both worship in solitude, and God's work amongst the people.The second chapter, 'Conflict, Calvinism and Constitution' scrutinises the rooots and contexts, political, economic and religious of the Reformed faith, and its impact on the island, particularly the embedding of the Calvinism of the Westminster Confession. Chapter 3, 'Land, Gospel and the Hooded Lassie',covers the troubled period of the island's history, when colonisation, Jacobite rebellion, landlordism and capitalism formed a swirling background to Evangelicqal revival. Particularly interesting here is the story of Lady Mary Stuart MacKenzie - it's seldom indeed that a woman features in ecclesiastical history. Chapter 4, 'The Miann - Our Island's Greatest Export' explores the essential quality of island religion, past and present, the "miann", the 'ardent desire for God', the longing which quietly sustains and will sustain faith in the island.
Main title:
Island spirituality : spiritual values of Lewis and Harris / Alastair McIntosh.
Imprint:
Stornoway : The Islands Book Trust, 2013.
Collation:
184 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9781907443459 (pbk)1907443452 (pbk)
Language:
English
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