\u2018A masterly work . . . in its own department, a classic.\u2019 \u2014 JOHN MACLEOD<\/p>\n
\u2018The standard work on the subject.\u2019 \u2014 NICK NEEDHAM<\/p>\n
James Walker (1821\u20131891) was well equipped to produce a survey of Scottish theology. He was known as \u2018a good classical scholar.\u2019 He was just as at home in the Latin works of the great Scottish theologians as the homely English prose of their sermons. He was among the most able of a generation of ministers who had not yet lost access to the older sixteenth- and seventeenth-century systems of theology.<\/p>\n
He also devoted significant time to the study of Scottish church history and theology. His brother recounted that \u2018his chair was often surrounded by big volumes, which spoke for the extent of his reading. His acquaintance with Scottish history and theology is shown in his Cunningham Lectures.\u2019 His biographer similarly stated, \u2018He was well acquainted with the writers of the seventeenth century. He knew all the incidents of the Covenanting struggle. He had studied in all their bearings the principles that animated the Covenanters, and with many of these principles he deeply sympathized. For him, the history of the Secession movements of the eighteenth century seemed to have a special attraction. Hardly any man . . . could be better acquainted than he was with their divisions and controversies.\u2019<\/p>\n
The preparation of this edition has been something of a labour of love. Walker\u2019s health issues prevented him from offering to the public a properly documented edition with references and notes. In order to enhance the value of Walker\u2019s work, and to guide readers into the treasure trove of books he was referencing, nearly all his citations have now been referenced. Further references have been added to helpful secondary literature on many of the figures Walker mentions. As well as including references, all Latin has been translated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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