Land, Faith and the Crofting Community

Allan MacColl, a native of Lochaber, was educated at the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge and is currently a student for the ministry in the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. His research has focused on the interplay of religion and culture in the Gaelic world. Dr MacColl’s forthcoming publication Sith na Doire is the long-anticipated edition of the Gaelic poetry of the late Donald MacColl, Acharacle, Argyll.

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. The Free Course of Providence: Presbyterian Social Thought in the Age of Disruption and Destitution; 2. A Peculiar People: Highland Religion and Identity; 3. 'The Crofters' War': Genesis 1880-3; 4. The Escalation of Agitation; 5. Politics, Presbyteries and 'The Prophet'; 6. 'The Crofters' War': Disunity and Disorder 1886-8; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

A pioneering re-assessment of Christian social teaching in the Highlands and islands during the later nineteenth century. Northern History This book, then, is simultaneously an important addition to historical scholarship and an intriguing contribution to current debate as to how Highland society came to be the way it is. That is why, in the Highlands especially, Allan MacColl deserves the widest possible readership! This is an outstandingly good book. -- James Hunter, UHI Centre for History Scottish Historical Review A pioneering re-assessment of Christian social teaching in the Highlands and islands during the later nineteenth century. This book, then, is simultaneously an important addition to historical scholarship and an intriguing contribution to current debate as to how Highland society came to be the way it is. That is why, in the Highlands especially, Allan MacColl deserves the widest possible readership! This is an outstandingly good book.