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Scottish Religious Cultures: Historical Perspectives

The Eucharist in Scottish EpiscopalianismAn Alternative History and Theology

By Brian Douglas

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Published 28 February 2027

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Examines the history and theology of the Eucharist in Scottish Episcopalianism from the Reformation to the present day

  • Overviews the realist eucharistic theology of Scottish Episcopalianism
  • Presents the case for an alternative eucharistic theology in the Anglican Communion
  • Examines the history and theology of the Eucharist in Scottish Episcopalianism
  • Makes the alternative realist eucharistic theology of Scottish Episcopalianism more well known

This book provides an overview of the realist eucharistic theology of the Scottish Episcopal Church, highlighting its rich history with important links to Scripture, ancient sources, theological reflection and the present. The developed realism of Scottish Episcopal eucharistic theology presents an alternative in the Anglican Communion with important historical, sacramental and ecclesial implications.

Brian Douglas shows that significant realist eucharistic theology was present in Scottish Episcopalianism and its eucharistic liturgies from the Reformation onwards, with emphasis on the role of the Spirit, oblation, eucharistic presence and sacrifice and extended prayers of thanksgiving. Providing detailed reflection on the modern-day liturgical products of the Scottish Episcopalian Church and the underlying theology of the Eucharist, the book presents the theological and liturgical scholarship of Scottish Episcopalianism and the Scottish Episcopal Church on the Eucharist as an important alternative history and theology.

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This meticulous analysis of the realist Scottish Episcopal eucharistic tradition challenges three assumptions: the Scottish Reformation as simply Protestant and Presbyterian, Anglican liturgy as circumscribed by the 1662 BCP, and Anglicanism as necessarily built on privilege. Here, baptismal ecclesiology is inadequate for Anglican unity: communion is crucial. Such a comprehensive study is long overdue, and indispensable for students of Anglicanism.
Table of contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
The Rev’d Canon Professor David Jasper
Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Scottish Episcopalianism – a rich stream of realist eucharistic theology
Chapter 2: The Reformation in Scotland 1560-1660
Chapter 3: The Restoration 1660-1688
Chapter 4: Disestablishment and Toleration, Persecution and Liturgy 1689-1760
Chapter 5: Thomas Rattray (1684-1743) – Bishop, Scholar and Liturgist
Chapter 6: Recognition and Liturgy 1760-1792
Chapter 7: Revival and Growth – Nineteenth Century
Chapter 8: Liturgical Development and Ecumenical Engagement - The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Chapter 9: Conclusion - The Lasting Treasure of a Sacramental Poetic

Bibliography
Index of Persons
Index of Subjects

About the author

Brian Douglas

Brian Douglas is an Anglican priest of the Anglican Church of Australia and a Research Professor in the Centre for Religion, Ethics and Society at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia. His research interests are Anglican eucharistic theology and Anglican studies. Brian is the Editor of the Journal of Anglican Studies (A Cambridge University Press Journal). His recent book publications include: Herbert Thorndike and the Restoration of the Church of England (Brill, 2025); Sacramental Poetics in Richard Hooker and George Herbert: Exploring the Abundance of God (Fortress/Lexington, 2022) and The Anglican Eucharist in Australia: The History, Theology and Liturgy of the Eucharist in the Anglican Church of Australia (Brill, 2021).

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