Church and State in Scotland (1843-63) Ryan Mallon Published by Edinburgh University Press at £24.99 (pb) ISBN: 9781474482806 This book provides the first detailed account of the two major non-established Presbyterian denominations in the two decades after 1843, which together accounted for roughly half of Scotland’s churchgoers: the Free Church, formed by those who left the Established Church at the Disruption, and the United Presbyterian Church, a consolidation of the various secessions of the previous century.