As a Scot recently landed in the States Seeking a Better Country was invaluable in navigating the complex history of American Presbyterianism from its earliest days to the present. What has stuck with me is the abiding legacy of the Old Side/New Side and Old School/New School divisions in contemporary conservative presbyterian denominations.
The Old School and New School continue to delineate the faultlines, in the PCA at least. I wonder what, if anything, the PCA can learn from the past on these matters? Is the Old School doomed to smug obscurity and the New School doomed to a pragmatic slide into cultural compromise?
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July 4, 2009 at 13:43
Martin Downes
This is a grand book.
Good to see you blogging again
July 4, 2009 at 16:17
David Strain
Thanks Martin. My wife and friends have all been encouraging me to get back into the game. So, with some misgivings here I go….
Hope all is well at Christ Church Deeside.
July 4, 2009 at 17:32
cardiphonia
Thanks for the book suggestion david. will look forward to some light summer reading in it.
We had a girl at our Community Group last week who just finished a PHd in Art studies in Glasgow. Teaching now at NC State.