The minister & the murderer : a book of aftermaths
Kelly, Stuart2018
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In 1969, James Nelson confessed to murder, served a prison sentence, then applied to be ordained as a minster in the Scottish Church (The Kirk). The case split the church in two, and challenged the institution to consider its most basic functions, obligations and duties. Stuart Kelly uses the case of Nelson to write a compelling history of the church in Scotland, of biblical and literary accounts of forgiveness and sin.
Main title:
The minister & the murderer : a book of aftermaths / Stuart Kelly.
Author:
Kelly, Stuart, author
Imprint:
London : Granta, 2018.
Collation:
341 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781847089229 (hbk)
Dewey class:
285.23309048285.233285.23309285.2’33285L285.233
LC class:
BX9078
Local class:
285.233
Language:
English
BRN:
2053479
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