RT Article
T1 "Decently and order": Scotland and Protestant pastoral power
JF Critical research on religion
VO 5
IS 1
SP 79
OP 93
A1 Mutch, Alistair 1954-
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1662783566
AB Foucault's conceptualization of "pastoral power" is important in the development and application of the notion of "governmentality" or the regulation of mass populations. However, Foucault's exploration of pastoral power, especially in the form of confessional practice, owes a good deal to his Roman Catholic heritage. Hints in his work, which were never developed, suggest some aspects of Protestant forms of pastoral power. These hints are taken up to explore one Protestant tradition, that of Scottish Presbyterianism, in detail. Based on the history of the church in the eighteenth century, four aspects of Protestant pastoral power are outlined: examination, accountability, ecclesiology, and organizing as a good in its own right.
K1 Foucault
K1 Presbyterianism
K1 Protestantism
K1 Scotland
K1 pastoral power
DO 10.1177/2050303216676519