Synopses & Reviews
This volume documents the evolution and impact of one of the most enduring sources and symbols of sectarian conflict in Ireland - Protestant millennialism. Its chapters chart the development of Irish evangelicalism from the 1798 rebellion to the end of the 'troubles', paying particular attention to its apocalyptic commitments. The volume explores new sources and offers new conclusions, setting a new research agenda and emphasizing the vitality of religious discourse in Irish studies.
Synopsis
This volume documents the evolution and impact of one of the most enduring sources and symbols of sectarian conflict in Ireland - Protestant millennialism. The volume explores new sources and offers new conclusions, setting a new research agenda and emphasizing the vitality of religious discourse in Irish studies.
Synopsis
This ground-breaking collection of essays examines the complex series of relationships between evangelicalism and Protestant millennialism in modern Ireland.
About the Author
CRAWFORD GRIBBEN is Lecturer in Renaissance Literature and Culture at the University of Manchester. ANDREW R. HOLMES is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Antichrist in Ireland: Protestant Millennialism and Irish Studies--C.Gribben * Watchmen in Zion: Millennial Expectancy in Late Eighteenth-Century Ulster--M.Hill * The Bible Gentry: Evangelical Religion, Aristocracy, and the New Moral Order in the Early Nineteenth Century--I.Whelan * John Nelson Darby: Contexts and Perceptions--T.C.F.Stunt * 'Come, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come!': The Writing and Thought of Edward Nangle, 1828-1862--T.J.Kelley * Battle Plans and Battlegrounds: Protestant Mission Activity in the Dublin Slums, 1840s-1880s--J.Prunty * The Uses and Interpretation of Prophecy in Irish Presbyterianism, 1850-1930--A.R.Holmes * 'The Dreamy Mazes of Millenialism': William Graham and the Irish Presbyterian Mission to German Jews--N.M.Railton * Unionism and the Eschatological 'Fate of Ulster', 1921-2005--P.Mitchel * Conclusions