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Scotland's foremost composer, James MacMillan, accused his country of being a land of "sleep-walking bigotry" where "visceral anti-Catholicism" disfigures national life. Clearly MacMillan had touched a nerve. Was Scotland really "Northern Ireland without the guns and bullets?" Although the debate was intense, however, few contributions rose above the level of swapping competing anecdotes. It became clear there was a need for more reflective assessments and for hard evidence to confirm or deny the many assertions made in the course of the discussion. This text tackles the issues MacMillan raised head on. Both Catholic and Protestant perspectives are represented. MacMillan's lecture is printed in the book together with his own reaction to the media storm which it provoked.
Contents
Introductory essay, Tom Devine; Scotland's shame, James MacMillan; quo vadis? or where's the bin? some reflections on the contemporary Scottish Catholic condition, Bernard Aspinwall; conflicts of identity and the Scottish artist - the case of James MacMillan, Tom Gallagher; Presbyterianism and imagination in modern Scotland, Robert Crawford; growing up as a Catholic in Ayrshire, Andrew O'Hagan; salvation through education? the changing social status of Scottish Catholics, Lindsay Paterson; reconciling memories - the kirk and the MacMillan debate, Alison Elliot; the pulpit and the ballot box - Scottish nationhood and the decline of church influence, Iain Paterson; Catholic distinctiveness - a need to be different?, Joe Bradley; going but not gone - Catholic social and health disadvantage in Scotland, Rory Williams; prejudice! prejudice! prejudice!, Gerry Finn; the past is history - Catholics in modern Scotland, David McCrone and Michael Rosie; a Lanarkshire perspective on bigotry in Scottish society, Bishop Joseph Devine; a hidden past and present/putting the past behind, Peter Lynch. (Part contents).
