1st Edition
Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster Society 1740-1890
286 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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This major new book represents the first serious study of Irish evangelicalism. The authors examine the social history of popular protestantism in Ulster from the Evangelical Revival in the mid-eighteenth century to the conflicts generated by proposals for Irish Home Rule at the end of the nineteenth century. Many of the central themes of the book are at the forefront of recent work on popular... Read more
Preface PART ONE From international origins to an Irish crisis 1740–1800 1 The rise of evangelical religion 1740–80 2 Rebellion and revolution: c. 1780–1800 PART TWO Voluntarism, denominationalism and sectarianism 1800–50 3 Evangelical expansion: cooperation and conflict 4 The churches: schism and consolidation 5 Religion and society: conversions and controversy PART THREE Culture and society in evangelical Ulster6 Religion in the city: evangelicalism in Belfast 1800–60 7 ‘Born to serve’: women and evangelical religion PART FOUR From religious revival to provincial identity 8 Ulster awakened: the 1859 revival 9 Home Rule and the Protestant mind 1860–90 10 Conclusion
Biography
David Hampton, Myrtle Hull
`... valuable as a scrupulous and detailed treatment of its particular topic, but also as a wider evocation of the nineteenth century development of evangelical Protestantism in a European and North American Context.' - Theological Book Review
