The Last Presbyterian? Tenth Anniversary Edition

Remembering the Faith of My Forebears

Kenneth L. Cuthbertson

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781666779738
  9781666779745
• eBook ISBN:
  9781666779752
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

In a time when organized religion is suffering an identity crisis, the author of The Last Presbyterian? examines the faith culture that shaped him and his family over the last half millennium. Filled with historical, theological, and spiritual reflections and set in the context of both old family stories and current trends, Cuthbertson's book addresses such timely issues as practicing faith within families, setting aside time for God, and the changing facets of leadership and discipleship within the Presbyterian tradition. Starting with the "Psalm-singing, Sabbath-keeping, Shorter-Catechism-memorizing" branches of Scots-American Presbyterianism, this book offers an affectionate look back, and a hopeful look ahead, to an emergent Presbyterianism coming to terms with issues such as LGBT ordination and same-gender marriage, interfaith relations, and care for the earth.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations for Presbyterian Denominations
• Chapter 1: The Bible and the Covenant Tradition
• Chapter 2: “The Cotter’s Saturday Night”
• Chapter 3: Sabbath
• Chapter 4: Psalmody—Singing the Word of God
• Chapter 5: Sacramental Occasions
• Chapter 6: “Thy Will Be Done”
• Chapter 7: Worship—“The Beauty of Holiness”
• Chapter 8: Elders and Matriarchs
• Chapter 9: Ministers
• Chapter 10: From Discipline to Discipleship
• Chapter 11: Vows and Promises—“Duty” to God and Man
• Chapter 12: Justice and Mercy
• Chapter 13: The Great Ends
• Postscript
• Postscript 2 – May 2023
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4
• Bibliography