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The Culture of Controversy: Religious Arguments in Scotland, 1660-1714
Alasdair Raffe
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Illuminating the development and character of Scottish Protestantism, The Culture of Controversy proposes new ways of understanding religion and politics in early modern Scotland. The Culture of Controversy investigates arguments about religion in Scotland from the Restoration to the death of Queen Anne and outlines a new model for thinking about collective disagreement in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century societies. Rejecting teleological concepts of the 'public sphere', the book instead analyses religious debates in terms of a distinctively early modern 'culture of controversy'. This culture was less rational and less urbanised than the public sphere. Traditional means of communication such as ... Read more
Illuminating the development and character of Scottish Protestantism, The Culture of Controversy proposes new ways of understanding religion and politics in early modern Scotland. The Culture of Controversy investigates arguments about religion in Scotland from the Restoration to the death of Queen Anne and outlines a new model for thinking about collective disagreement in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century societies. Rejecting teleological concepts of the 'public sphere', the book instead analyses religious debates in terms of a distinctively early modern 'culture of controversy'. This culture was less rational and less urbanised than the public sphere. Traditional means of communication such as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843837299
SKU
V9781843837299
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Reviews for The Culture of Controversy: Religious Arguments in Scotland, 1660-1714
[A] fascinating and insightful study, which offers many vignettes of early modern Scottish religious controversy whilst making a real contribution to a better understanding of the situation of the Scottish churches in this period.
SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY
An impeccably researched and stimulating account of religious dispute in Scotland from 1660 to 1714, and it will be essential ... Read more
SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY
An impeccably researched and stimulating account of religious dispute in Scotland from 1660 to 1714, and it will be essential ... Read more