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The Sunset Song Of Religion, Or, Have We Ever Been Post-Secular?, Matthew Wickman
The Sunset Song Of Religion, Or, Have We Ever Been Post-Secular?, Matthew Wickman
Studies in Scottish Literature
A discussion of the treatment and presence of religion in Sunset Song, the first novel in Lewis Grassic Gibbon's trilogy A Scots Quair, with some general reflections on religion and literature, and discussion of "post-secularity"
Debating Insurrection In Galt's Ringan Gilhaize, Padma Rangarajan
Debating Insurrection In Galt's Ringan Gilhaize, Padma Rangarajan
Studies in Scottish Literature
Argues that John Galt's novel Ringan Gilhaize (1823), answering Walter Scott's Old Mortality (1816), a counternarrative about the Scottish Covenanters, their defeat at Bothwell Brig (1679), and the history of the Presbyterian establishment in Scotland, attempts a delicate dialectic, less imitative homage to Scott than "winking ventriloquism," presenting three generations of filial and social history filtered through the perspective of a single, idiosyncratic narrative voice,
Afterword: Finding Religion In Scottish Literary History, Crawford Gribben
Afterword: Finding Religion In Scottish Literary History, Crawford Gribben
Studies in Scottish Literature
Looks back at the author's original article on the marginalization of Calvinist beliefs in earlier Scottish literature and comments on issues raised by the contributors to the SSL symposium.
Carlyle And Calvinism, Joanna Malecka
Carlyle And Calvinism, Joanna Malecka
Studies in Scottish Literature
A survey of how critics have treated Carlyle's religious beliefs, arguing that his Calvinist upbringing needs more consideration.
Losing His Religion: The Neglected Catholicism Of A.J. Cronin, Gerard Carruthers
Losing His Religion: The Neglected Catholicism Of A.J. Cronin, Gerard Carruthers
Studies in Scottish Literature
Reexamination of the Scottish-born bestselling novelist A.J. Cronin (1896-1981), briefly recounting his Catholic upbringing and education at St, Aloysius College, Glasgow, with primary focus on his novel about a maverick Catholic priest, The Keys of the Kingdom (1941), popularized by the film version with Gregory Peck.
Hearing Competing Voices In James Robertson’S The Fanatic, Alison Jack
Hearing Competing Voices In James Robertson’S The Fanatic, Alison Jack
Studies in Scottish Literature
Discusses critical responses to James Robertson’s novels The Fanatic (2000) and The Testament of Gideon Mack (2006), and with particular reference to the character of John Lauder in The Fanatic, arguing that, rather than the political and psychological aspects represented by other characters, the religious perspective of Lauder offers a relevant creative alternative.
Contributors To Ssl 45.2
Studies in Scottish Literature
Biographical information on contributors to SSL 45.2
A Revision Of Power: Religion In Fionn Mac Colla’S And The Cock Crew, Brooke Mclaughlin Mitchell
A Revision Of Power: Religion In Fionn Mac Colla’S And The Cock Crew, Brooke Mclaughlin Mitchell
Studies in Scottish Literature
Discusses the treatment of the central character, the Gaelic-speaking minister Maighstir Sachairi, in And the Cock Crew (1945), by Fionn Mac Colla (Thomas Donaldson, 1906-1975), a historical novel about the Highland clearances(the evictions of the local crofting inhabitants in the north of Scotland to make way for sheep-farming), and argues (1) that, although the novel condemns the Presbyterian clergy for colluding in the evictions and preaching submission to those evicted, Mac Colla's novel is deeply imbued with the Calvinism it might seem to reject, and (2) that the central scene, a debate between Sachairi and a Gaelic bard, is structured …
Calvinism, Catholicism, And Fascism In Muriel Spark’S The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, Richard Rankin Russell
Calvinism, Catholicism, And Fascism In Muriel Spark’S The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, Richard Rankin Russell
Studies in Scottish Literature
A reassessment of the intertwined roles of Scottish presbyterianism, Italian Catholicism, and the rise of fascism, in Muriel Spark's 1961 novel about an Edinburgh schoolteacher in the 1920s and 1930s.
Introduction: The Ghost At The Feast: Religion In Scottish Literary Criticism, Patrick Scott
Introduction: The Ghost At The Feast: Religion In Scottish Literary Criticism, Patrick Scott
Studies in Scottish Literature
Surveys changes in Scottish institutional religion, summarizes Crawford Gribben's critique in 2006 of Scottish literary criticism's long-time anti-Calvinist bias, and introduces essays reappraising the treatment of belief by Scottish poets and novelists from varied religious backgrounds and the critical response to this aspect of their work.
Presbyterianism, 'Scottish Literature,' And John Galt's Annals Of The Parish, Robert P. Irvine
Presbyterianism, 'Scottish Literature,' And John Galt's Annals Of The Parish, Robert P. Irvine
Studies in Scottish Literature
In discussing religion in John Galt's novel about religious and social change in a small West of Scotland town between 1760 and 1820, suggests “Scottish literature” was forged, not in opposition to Calvinist theological ideas, but to the Kirk as a rival national institution, and that Scottish literature became "national," less through self-from the literature of another nation (England), than from another institution with a rival claim to represent the same nation, namely the established Scottish church.
The “Sighan, Cantan, Grace-Proud Faces”: Robert Burns And The Kirk, G. Ross Roy
The “Sighan, Cantan, Grace-Proud Faces”: Robert Burns And The Kirk, G. Ross Roy
Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy
A sympathetic examination of Burns's kirk satires and his attitude to religion.
James Hogg's The Brownie Of Bodsbeck: An Unconventional National Tale, Barbara Leonardi
James Hogg's The Brownie Of Bodsbeck: An Unconventional National Tale, Barbara Leonardi
Studies in Scottish Literature
Discusses James Hogg's historical novel The Brownie of Bodsbeck (1818), set in the time of the religious Covenanters in late 17th century Scotland, with particular attention to the central woman character, Katharine Laidlaw; traces contemporary comment on the novel; and contrasts Hogg's distinctive portrayal of marriage with its use by other writers (particularly Scott) to plot national (and historical) reconciliation, arguing that Hogg uses the marriage plot to critique the emergent ideology of the national tale.
'Singing Of Psalms Of Which I Could Never Get Enough': Labouring Class Religion And Poetry In The Cambuslang Revival Of 1741, Elspeth Jajdelska
'Singing Of Psalms Of Which I Could Never Get Enough': Labouring Class Religion And Poetry In The Cambuslang Revival Of 1741, Elspeth Jajdelska
Studies in Scottish Literature
Describes and discusses the nature and uses of poetry by Scottish labouring-class participants in the revival at Cambuslang, near Glasgow, in 1741, drawing on the manuscript account of the revival collected by the parish minister, William McCulloch; setting the poems in the context of recent scholarly reconsideration of 17th and 18th century Scottish religious culture; relating the poems to the Scottish use of metrical psalms in kirk services and domestic devotions; and commenting in detail on poems by Alexander Bilsland and George Tassie, and a report on religious poetry reading by Ann Wylie.