The Church in Scotland
Guide to resources for study and research into Christian denominations in Scotland
Researching Christian denominations in Scotland
The Baptist Church in Scotland | The Congregational Church of Scotland | The Methodist Church in Scotland | Historical Alumni Database |
The Baptist Church in Scotland
- The Search for a Common Identity : the origins of the Baptist Union of Scotland, 1800-1870 by In the period 1800 to 1827 there were three streams of Baptists in Scotland: Scotch, Haldaneite and 'English' Baptist. A strong commitment to home evangelization brought these three bodies closer together, leading to a merger of their home missionary societies in 1827. However, the first three attempts to form a union of churches failed, but by the 1860s a common understanding of their corporate identity was attained leading to the establishment of the Baptist Union of Scotland.ISBN: 9781842271230
- The Baptists in Scotland : a history byCall Number: BX6285 Bap.
- The Scottish Baptist Year Book byCall Number: (REFERENCE) ; Ref. BX6285.A1 Bap.
- The Baptist Union directory for ...Call Number: (REFERENCE) ; Ref. BX6276.A1 Bap.
- Transactions of the Baptist Historical SocietyCall Number: Per B
- The Baptist QuarterlyCall Number: Per B, Online
- The Baptist MagazineCall Number: Per B, Online
Archive Collections
Papers of Joseph Booth (1851-1932)
Joseph Booth (1851-1932) was a Baptist Church missionary in British Central Africa (present-day Malawi) and South Africa.
The Methodist Church in Scotland
- Scotland's Methodists, 1750-2000 by This definitive history traces the origins and evolution of Methodism in Scotland, through the breakaway 'Connexions' of the nineteenth century to wartime and ecumenical activity in the twentieth century. In the broad context of Christian activity in Scotland, 1750-2000, it looks at the activity of lay 'Local Preachers' and Sunday School teachers, men and women who broke new ground as they shared the gospel in light of their workaday experience. The book brings to light many otherwise unknown local characters, telling a human story, which shows how personal aspirations and disappointments fitted into the larger picture. Based on extensive original archival research, Scotland's Methodists makes a strong and distinctive contribution to the history of religion in Scotland over the last three centuries. It will appeal to academic historians and students of religion, to Methodists in local communities across Scotland, as well as to the wider community of Methodist scholars in the UK and USA.ISBN: 9781906566265
- Holiness : journal of Wesley House CambridgeCall Number: Online
- Wesley and Methodist StudiesCall Number: Online
Archive Collections
Papers relating to William James Heaton (1845-1933), Methodist minister
IIlustrations of W.J. Heaton's works on the Bible, with a further section "illustrating the great advance made by Wesleyan Methodism of late".
Collection of Stanley W. Smith (fl. 1937-1966)
The collection consists of papers and copies of items relating to the Methodist Mission and Church in Nigeria, in particular: articles, reports and papers about the mission (1922-1978); an index of relevant articles covering the period 1870-1970; transcripts and copies of diaries of Methodist missionaries.
The Congregational Church of Scotland
- The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions, Volume III by The five-volume Oxford History of Dissenting Protestant Traditions series is governed by a motif of migration ('out-of-England'). It first traces organized church traditions that arose in England as Dissenters distanced themselves from a state church defined by diocesan episcopacy, the Book of Common Prayer, the Thirty-Nine Articles, and royal supremacy, but then follows those traditions as they spread beyond England -and also traces newer traditions that emerged downstream in other parts of the world from earlier forms of Dissent. Secondly, it does the same for the doctrines, church practices, stances toward state and society, attitudes toward Scripture, and characteristic patterns of organization that also originated in earlier English Dissent, but that have often defined a trajectory of influence independent ecclesiastical organizations. The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions, Volume III considers the Dissenting traditions of the United Kingdom, the British Empire, and the United States in the nineteenth century. It provides an overview of the historiography on Dissent while making the case for seeing Dissenters in different Anglophone connections as interconnected and conscious of their genealogical connections. The nineteenth century saw the creation of a vast Anglo-world which also brought Anglophone Dissent to its apogee. Featuring contributions from a team of leading scholars, the volume illustrates that in most parts of the world the later nineteenth century was marked by a growing enthusiasm for the moral and educational activism of the state which plays against the idea of Dissent as a static, purely negative identity. This collection shows that Dissent was a political and constitutional identity, which was often only strong where a dominant Church of England existed to dissent against.ISBN: 9780199683710
- The Scottish Congregational ministry, 1794-1993 byCall Number: (REFERENCE) ; Ref. BX7259 Macn.
- Year book of the Scottish Congregational Church. byHOLDINGS IMPERFECT
- The Missionary magazine (Edinburgh : Scotland) Includes news from Congregationalist missions around the world, news of Scottish churches, theological essays and poetry.Call Number: Online
Archive Collections
Archive of the Scottish Congregational College
Even before they formed a union of churches, Congregationalists had come together in 1811 to found a theological hall. Later on, when the Congregational Union and the Evangelical Union united, they each had their own related theological institutes and together these places of learning formed a college - the Scottish Congregational College.
Letters of the Rev. Ralph Wardlaw (1778-1853) and other items
Rev. Ralph Wardlaw, D.D. was a Scottish Presbyterian clergyman and writer. Shortly after his University studies were complete Wardlaw turned to Independent Congregationalism. He was ordained in 1803, and was successful as a preacher. By 1811 he and Rev. Greville Ewing founded Glasgow's first academy for congregationalist theology.
Historical Alumni Database
A database of brief information about New College students 1843-1943 is available through the Historical Alumni pages. Entries have been annotated with some additional information from the Fasti of the Church of Scotland and Free Church of Scotland.
New College Library does not hold transcripts of students’ academic records and is unable to provide any contact information for current or former students. For more information about historic student records, contact Heritage Collections : HeritageCollections@ed.ac.uk