Read more
Informationen zum Autor MYRTLE HILL Director of the Centre for Women's Studies, Queens University Belfast, UKTHOMAS J. KELLEY PhD Graduate, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of IrelandPATRICK MITCHEL Director of Studies and Lecturer in Theology, Irish Bible Institute, Dublin, Republic of IrelandJACINTA PRUNTY Lecturer in History, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Republic of IrelandNICHOLAS M. RAILTON Lecturer in German, University of Ulster, UKTIMOTHY C. F. STUNT History Teacher, Wooster School, Danbury, Connecticut, USAIRENE WHELAN Associate Professor of History and Director of Irish Studies, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York, USA Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors A Glossary of Terms 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; C.Gribben & A.R.Holmes Index...
