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Cultural formation Hannah More
HM had almost no contact with the Methodists, but despite her strong commitment to the Church of England she was broadly tolerant of classical Nonconformity . During the Blagdon controversy she admitted in a letter...
Cultural formation Catherine Carswell
She grew up in a strictly Scottish Presbyterian environment. According to her son John Carswell, CC 's parents were God-fearing middle-class Glaswegians and Wee Frees:
Carswell, John, and Catherine Carswell. “Introduction”. Open the Door!, Virago, p. v - xvii.
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the familiar name for members of the Free Church of Scotland
Cultural formation Susan Ferrier
In her late years, SF turned to Evangelical interests, and joined the Free Church , the stricter wing of the Scottish Presbyterians . She was very much interested in the rise of the missionary movement...
Cultural formation Elisabeth Wast
EW , in Edinburgh on a fast day, first took the sacrament in the Church of Scotland .
Wast, Elisabeth. Memoirs; or, Spiritual Exercises.
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Cultural formation Liz Lochhead
A Scotswoman whose parents both came from industrial Lanarkshire, Lochhead describes her family as posh working class—my father wore a shirt and tie to work but he'd never have described himself as middle class...
Cultural formation Willa Muir
In opposition to the Calvinist teaching about predestination which she had grown up with, WM came to believe in what she called True Love. For Calvinist Scots, she writes, Jesus died to save onlythe...
Cultural formation Muriel Spark
Though she attended a Presbyterian school, MS was rarely taken to church. She was terribly interested
Spark, Muriel. “My Conversion”. Critical Essays on Muriel Spark, edited by Joseph Hynes, G. K. Hall and Maxwell Macmillan, pp. 24-28.
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in the scriptures and in Christ as a romantic figure, but subscribed to no religious faith. She says...
Cultural formation Celia Fiennes
CF , with six other people, registered a house at Highwood Hill near Barnet in Middlesex for legally holding Presbyterian meetings.
Fiennes, Celia. “Editorial Note and Introduction”. The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes, edited by Christopher Morris, Macdonald; Webb and Bower, pp. 8-31.
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Cultural formation Elisabeth Wast
EW was a Scotswoman of the lower classes who became a godly, fervent Presbyterian , Covenanter and anti-Episcopalian. She writes that for some years she satisfied my self with the Pharisees Religion, until she...
Cultural formation Agnes Maule Machar
AMM was a Presbyterian like her parents (both Scottish born). Her moral outlook was inflected by liberal Christianity, and she actively supported Presbyterian missions in India. She was strongly influenced by the Social Gospel movement...
Cultural formation Flora Annie Steel
The Webster children were baptised Presbyterian s, as befitted their Scottish heritage, but attended the local Anglican parish church. Flora was the only one of the family to be confirmed as an Anglican.
Powell, Violet. Flora Annie Steel: Novelist of India. Heinemann.
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Cultural formation Elisabeth Wast
EW was not able to rest peacefully in her commitment to the Church ofScotland . Within four months she found herself troubled with Unbelief.
Wast, Elisabeth. Memoirs; or, Spiritual Exercises.
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Reading Francis Spirahurt me more than all the Books...
Cultural formation Shena Mackay
SM came from the Scottish middle class, though her father sometimes worked at manual jobs while she was growing up. She says she was brought up with quite liberal values but with a Presbyterian moral...
Cultural formation Elizabeth Bathurst
She did this to the Presbyterian congregation of Samuel Annesley , but they had not patience to hear her, and dragged her and her sister away, although she had patiently waited until the end of...
Cultural formation Iris Murdoch
IM was born Irish but grew up in England from babyhood, with holidays in Ireland. Her mother's family, with a history as Anglo-Irish adherents of the Church of Ireland , had come down in the...

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