iamBullivant · @bullivant
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'In Time of Schism
Fraser MacDonald on Kate Forbes and the Free Church of Scotland'
'“I’m a servant of democracy,” she told STV’s Colin Mackay. “I’m not sitting here as a dictator saying that I will absolutely impose my views.” But precedent suggests that wherever evangelicals hold power their beliefs do inform their policies.’
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n06/fraser-macdonald/in-time-of-schism
#scptland #snp #kateforbes #freechurchofscotland
Peter Nimmo · @Peternimmo
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This is quite insightful, on the Free #Church of #Scotland and #KateForbes. Having spent 16 years in #Inverness, it rings true. The #FreeChurchofScotland has reinvented itself in recent years, and #Highland #Presbyterian culture is changing
#SNP #SNPLeadership #ScottishPolitics #religion #Calvinism #evangelicalism #fundamentalism #LGBTQ #TransRights
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n06/fraser-macdonald/in-time-of-schism
#transrights #lgbtq #fundamentalism #evangelicalism #calvinism #religion #scottishpolitics #snpleadership #snp #presbyterian #highland #freechurchofscotland #inverness #kateforbes #scotland #church
Peter Nimmo · @Peternimmo
775 followers · 652 posts · Server mastodon.scotThis is quite insightful, on the Free #Church of Scotland and #KateForbes. Having spent 16 years in #Inverness, it rings true. The #FreeChurchofScotland has reinvented itself in recent years, and #Highland #Presbyterian culture is changing
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n06/fraser-macdonald/in-time-of-schism
#presbyterian #highland #freechurchofscotland #inverness #kateforbes #church
Roseanna Cunningham 🏴🖖 · @strathearnrose
291 followers · 821 posts · Server mastodon.scotThis is a really good wide ranging discussion and includes results of a UK wide poll on issues that voters think might bar someone from high office. Listeners of all & any persuasions will find it of interest! (One small correction: despite one contributor’s understanding, John Swinney is to my knowledge a Member of the #ChurchOfScotland not the Free Church #ReligionInPolitics #Religion #Faith #Conscience #FreeChurchofScotland #Catholicism #Islam https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/religion-media-centre-podcast/id1609381245?i=1000602315836
#islam #catholicism #freechurchofscotland #conscience #faith #religion #religioninpolitics #ChurchofScotland