7 “Tabernacles in the Wilderness”: The Open-Air Communion Tradition in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Cape Breton

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. Scotland and the Maritime Provinces
6. Scottish Presbyterianism Transplanted to the Canadian Wilderness 3
7. The Kirk versus the Free Church: The Struggle for the Soul of the Maritimes at the Time of the Disruption 19
8. Education
9. The Presbyterian Contribution to Higher Education: Teaching Science in Maritime Universities 35
10. Schooling/Credentials for Professional Advancement: A Case Study of Pictou Presbyterians 54
11. Literature
12. Thomas McCulloch’s Fictional Celebration of the Reverend James MacGregor 73
13. George Patterson: Presbyterian Propagandist 79
14. The Life of the Church
15. “Tabernacles in the Wilderness”: The Open-Air Communion Tradition in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Cape Breton 93
16. Presbyterian Revivals 118
17. Church and Society
18. The Antislavery Polemic of the Reverend James MacGregor: Canada’s Proto-Abolitionist as “Radical Evangelical” 131
19. Strikes, Rural Decay, and Socialism: The Presbyterian Church in Nova Scotia Grapples with Social Realities, 1880–1914 144
20. From Sectarian Rivalry to National Vision: The Contribution of Maritime Presbyterianism to Canada 160
21. Missions
22. John Geddie: The Canadian-Australian Connection 175
23. Presbyterian Missionaries from the Maritimes: Comparison and Contrast 190
24. Notes 207
25. List of Contributors 259
26. Index 261