Life and Work magazine
HISTORY
Life and Work was established in 1879 by Archibald
Hamilton Charteris (1835 to 1908), who was professor
of biblical criticism at Edinburgh University. The magazine
was inspired by his work on the Church of Scotland's
Committee of Christian Life & Work, which he initiated
and led. Hugely committed to Church causes, he later
founded the Woman's Guild and the diaconate in order
to harness the energies of women in the Church. He formed
the diaconate from his experience of similar orders
in protestant churches in Europe, where he travelled
widely.
In its early years, Life and Work ran various supplements,
including the Guild supplement and the Young Men's Supplement.
The only one still running is the Gaelic Supplement,
which was begun in 1880 and is read by Gaels all over
the world. In its history, the Gaelic supplement has
had only five editors, and is currently edited by the
Rev Dr Roderick McLeod, minister of Cumlodden, Lochfyneside.
In 1929 when the United Free Church of Scotland reunited
with the Church of Scotland Life and Work was subtitled
The Record of the Church of Scotland in recognition
of the United Free Church publication, The Record, but
this reference was dropped in 1996 when the magazine
was relaunched in full colour.
Editors
Life and Work has had 14 editors in 127 years:
1887: Archibald Hamilton Charteris
1880 to 1898: Rev John McMurtrie
1898 to 1902: Rev Archibald Fleming
1902 to 1925: Rev Robert Howie Fisher
1925 to 1930: Rev Harry Smith
1929 to 1934: William Pringle Livingstone
1935 to 1945: Rev George Carstairs
1945 to 1965: Rev John Wright Stevenson
1965 to 1972: Rev Leonard John Armstrong Bell
1972 to 1991: Robert Deans Kernohan
1991 to 1994: Peter B. Macdonald
1994 to 1999: Rev Dr Robin Hill
2000 to 2002: Rosemary Goring
2002 to current: Lynne McNeil
Charteris Lecture 2004
Lynne McNeil: editor
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Life and
Work editor Lynne McNeil was invited to deliver
the 2004 Charteris Lecture, which is organised by
the Crichton University of Southern Scotland Action
Group (CUSSAG) in association with The Crichton
Foundation, in August 2004. |
You can read a transcript of her lecture here in Word
[.doc], rich text [.txt] and text only [.txt] formats
below.
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