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Isaac Nelson: Radical Abolitionist, Evangelical Presbyterian, and Irish Nationalist

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.8 cm

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This book reconsiders the career of an important, controversial, but neglected figure in this history of Irish Presbyterianism. The Revd Isaac Nelson is mostly remembered for his opposition to the evangelical revival of 1859, but this book demonstrates that there was much more to Nelson's
career. Nelson started out as a protégé of Henry Cooke and as an exemplary young evangelical minister. Upon aligning himself with the Belfast Anti-Slavery Society and joining forces with American abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, Nelson emerged as a powerful voice
against compromise with slaveholders.

One of the central objectives of this book is to show that anti-slavery, especially his involvement with the 'Send Back the Money' controversy in the Free Church of Scotland and the debate over fellowship with slaveholders at the Evangelical Alliance, was crucially important to the development of
Nelson into one of Irish Presbyterianism's most controversial figures. His later opposition to the 1859 Revival has often been understood as being indicative of Nelson's opposition to evangelicalism. This book argues that such a conclusion is mistaken and that Nelson opposed the Revival as a
Presbyterian evangelical. His later involvement with the Land League and the Irish Home Rule movement, including his tenure as the Member of Parliament for County Mayo, could be easily dismissed as an entirely discreditable affair. While avoiding romantic nostalgia in relation to Nelson's
nationalism, this book argues that Nelson's basis for advocating Home Rule was not as peculiar as it might first appear.

Isaac Nelson: Radical Abolitionist, Evangelical Presbyterian, and Irish Nationalist and My Affliction for His Glory
My Affliction for His GloryIsaac Nelson: Radical Abolitionist, Evangelical Presbyterian, and Irish Nationalist
  • Author

    Daniel Ritchie

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Liverpool University Press

  • Published

    October 2021

  • Weight

    504g

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781800856691

  • ISBN-10

    1800856695

  • Eden Code

    5580249

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