History & Biography

George Mackay Brown was as enigmatic a man as you could find, even by the standard of poets – and Orcadians. Notoriously guarded about his personal life, and particularly his religious and spiritual life, his poems were infused with his acute...

This is the enthralling story of the extraordinarily courageous and stoical wife of the world-renowned explorer and missionary, David Livingstone.

A deeply researched, comprehensive biography of John Knox which vividly brings its subject and the milieu of the Scottish Reformation to life. The author shatters the myth that Knox was a ranting, dogmatic misogynist. This man of action lived a...

This joyful book, with a cover image by popular artist JoLoMo, is impressionistic and accessible but always of the highest scholarly standards. It reveals the dominant themes and figures in Argyll's spiritual landscape.

College Voices tells the story of Christ's College Aberdeen, a theological college of the Church of Scotland, from its beginnings in the 1840s to the present day. This is a rich and colourful story, vividly told, and peopled with many fascinating...

This seminal work by one of the world's most distinguished liturgical scholars fills an important gap in the history of the Church of Scotland and of Scottish worship.