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Emotions in Scottish Protestant Public Worship, 1560-1638

Emotions in Scottish Protestant Public Worship, 1560-1638

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Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 9781399507394
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 31/10/2025
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
This book explores the affective dimension of Scottish Protestant public worship in early modern Scotland. It examines how the intensely emotional character of Scottish Puritan or godly piety was reflective of the emotional norms many Scots had to navigate in congregational worship following the Protestant Reformation. Using historiographical approaches developed within the history of emotions discipline, the book argues that in corporate rituals such as prayer, preaching, public repentance, fasting and the Lord's Supper, Scottish Protestants were expected to experience and express a variety of feelings that were associated with the cycle of conversion. These prescribed emotions were seen as integral to the efficacy of the liturgy, playing a vital role in the individual's, community's and nation's encounter with God. The book argues that these standards of emotion were informed by medieval, secular and protestant sources and new perspectives emerge on their profound impact upon the major political events that shaped seventeenth century Scotland.
Acknowledgements Introduction: Scottish Protestant Worship and the History of Emotions Chapter One: Defining the Passions and Affections Chapter Two: Public Prayer as ‘Talking with God’ Chapter Three: Preaching: The Instrument of Conversion Chapter Four: Public Repentance as a Performance of Conversion Chapter Five: Ecstasy in the Lord’s Supper Chapter Six: Emotional Directions in the Service Book and the National Covenant Conclusion: The Centrality of Emotion in the rituals of the Kirk Bibliography

Nathan C. J. Hood

Nathan Hood is an independent scholar. He received his PhD in the History of Christianity from the University of Edinburgh (2020) and was appointed the Hope Trust Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-22). He has produced several book chapters and articles exploring the role of emotion in early modern Scottish Protestantism.