Highland Shepherd : : James MacGregor, Father of the Scottish Enlightenment in Nova Scotia /

Highland Shepherd : : James MacGregor, Father of the Scottish Enlightenment in Nova Scotia / / Alan Wilson.

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In 1786, the Reverend James MacGregor (1759-1830) was dispatched across the North Atlantic to establish a dissenting Presbyterian church in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The decision dismayed MacGregor, who had hoped for a post in the Scottish Highlands. Yet it led to a remarkable career in what was still th...

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Wilson, Alan,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2015
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Historiographical Introduction
  • Presbyterian Organization Relating to Macgregor's Life
  • 1. Awaiting the Verdict
  • 2. Honour Thy Father
  • 3. New Beginnings for Father and Son
  • 4. Glasgow and Alloa
  • 5. In Passage
  • 6. Orienting
  • 7. Settling In and Broadening Out
  • 8. Letter to a Minister
  • 9. On the Road
  • 10. Years of Trial
  • 11. A Threefold Cord and a Wedding
  • 12. East Side, West Side
  • 13. New Places, New Faces
  • 14. Pictou and Progress
  • 15. Onward Christian Soldiers
  • 16. Last Calls
  • 17. Erring Shepherds
  • 18. The Dissenter as Moderator
  • 19. An Enduring Spirit
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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