Alasdair J. Macleod studied History and English at Glasgow University, graduating M.A. in 2008. He pursued further study in Theology at the Free Church Seminary, and in History at Edinburgh University, from which he graduated with a Ph.D. in 2019. He serves as Minister of Knock & Point Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) on the Isle of Lewis. This is his first book.

This is a superb study of the life and times of John Kennedy of Dingwall, eminent Scottish preacher, theologian and church politician. Through extensive research and balanced historical analysis, Alasdair Macleod shows Kennedy’s immense influence in shaping and preserving a distinctive Highland Presbyterian evangelical culture in nineteenth-century Scotland.

• Acknowledgements Note Regarding Referencing IntroductionI. Ministry Kennedy the Highland EvangelicalKennedy the PreacherKennedy the PastorConclusionII. WritingKennedy the HistorianKennedy the BiographerKennedy the MysticConclusionIII. Constitutionalism Kennedy and the AtonementKennedy and the Union ControversyKennedy and the Establishment ControversyConclusionIV. Controversy Kennedy and WorshipKennedy and Mass EvangelismKennedy and Biblical CriticismConclusionConclusion Bibliography Index