Title: The uses of reform
First published: 1996
Description: The Uses of Reform is a study of the Reformation as a movement for behavioral reform, concentrating on Scotland during the first fifty years (1560-1610) of its Reformation as a primary example.

The opening chapters trace the development of 'Godly Discipline' as part of the European-wide reform movement. Graham follows this general narrative with a study of the creation and implementation of a disciplinary system in Scotland. Finally, he compares disciplinary practices in the Scottish Church with those of the Huguenot communities of France.

Looking closely at the proceedings of church courts which enforced regulations concerning behavior, Graham paints a picture of the Reformation as a social process. This book, the first of its kind in the historiography of the Scottish Reformation, explores how Reformed protestantism affected local communities and redefined relationships.
Subjects: Church history, Church of Scotland, Discipline, History, Reformed Church, Conditions morales, Églises réformées Grande-Bretagne Ecosse, Histoire, Ecosse, Grande-Bretagne, Histoire religieuse, Reformierte Kirche, Reformatie, Églises réformées, Kirchenzucht, Sociale disciplinering, Scotland, church history, France, church history
Places: France, Scotland
Time periods: 16th century, 17th century
LC classification: BX9078 .G73 1996