PILGRIMAGE & ISLAND SPIRITUALITY: ALASTAIR McINTOSH


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This book explores spirituality through the lens of Lewis and Harris – the pre-Reformation “temples”, Reformation theology, colonisation, clearances and evangelisation under the last of the Mackenzies of Seaforth.  Perhaps controversially and certainly, unconventionally, Dr McIntosh concludes that island religion, for all its tensions, expresses a profound inner spirituality.  It reveals itself in kindness and community.  It leads towards an ardent desire for God that is our greatest export to a wider world.

Alastair McIntosh (b. 1955), the author of Soil and Soul, was educated at Leurbost J.S. School and the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway. He is a human ecologist and Honorary Fellow of the School of Divinity at New College, University of Edinburgh.  A Quaker with Presbyterian roots and a broadcaster on Thought for the Day, he has spoken at centres including the World Council of Churches and the Holy Trinity Sergyev Monastery in Russia.

Alastair will also be giving talks in Barra and Benbecula on his journey north to Stornoway

Alastair McIntosh on Wikipedia

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