Radicalism of Diggers and Levellers not dead in Scotland

Religion important to social justice, says writer Alastair McIntosh

by Symon Hill 11th February 2010

Theology has played an important part in securing social justice in Scotland, according to new research by the Quaker writer Alastair McIntosh.  Alastair, along with fellow researcher Rutger Henneman, found that religious factors had played a major part in the run-up to the Land Reform (Scotland) Act in 2003. They say that ‘biblical challenges to landlordism can help to legitimise land reform’.