Examines the life and ministry of John Kennedy (1819-84), minister of Dingwall Free Church of Scotland. Explores how Kennedy became the effective leader of the Highland Evangelicals through his preaching, writing and public speaking.

Religion has played a key formational role in the development of Scottish society shaping cultural norms, defining individual and corporate identities, and underpinning legal and political institutions. This series presents the very best scholarship on the role of religion as a formative and yet divisive force in Scottish society and highlights its positive and negative functions in the development of the nation's culture. The impact of the Scots diaspora on the wider world means that the subject has major significance far out with Scotland.