Brethren in the Faroes
Subtitle: an evangelical movement, its remarkable growth and lasting impact in a remote island community
By: Tórður Jóansson
Series: Annales societatis scientiarum Faeroensis. Supplementum -- 57
Publisher: Froðskapur-Faroe University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Tórshavn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9789991865461
Subjects: Evangelicalism; Plymouth Brethren; History
Description: The Brethren movement arrived in the Faroe Islands in the later nineteenth century and utilized aspects of Faroese culture, particularly the language, to promote an evangelical message and to establish its self-governing assemblies. This coincided with the period of nation-building in the Faroes when a renewed sense of the islands’ identity was formed, a process to which the Brethren were integral. The islands have the highest percentage of Brethren per head of population on earth, and the depth of the involvement of the movement in their public affairs and cultural expression is without parallel.
Notes: Doctoral University of Glasgow 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index.