The Minister and the Murderer: A Book of Aftermaths

by Stuart Kelly

Book Overview

In 1969, James Nelson confessed to murder, served a prison sentence, then applied to be ordained as a minster in the Scottish Church (The Kirk). The case split the church in two, and challenged the institution to consider its most basic functions, obligations and duties. Part of the problem was that James Nelson's crime was no ordinary crime. The bible has a lot to say about murder, but not about this particular variety of murder. Stuart Kelly uses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847089224
• ISBN13: 9781847089229
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Length: 342 Pages