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Scripture Politics

Ulster Presbyterians and Irish Radicalism in Late Eighteenth-century Ireland

  • Hardback
  • 288 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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Scripture Politics examines the central role played by Ulster Presbyterians in the birth of Irish republicanism. Drawing on recent trends in British and American historiography, as well as a wide range of Irish primary sources, Ian McBride charts the development of Presbyterian politics between the War of American Independence and the rebellion of 1798. McBride begins by tracing the emergence of a radical sub-culture in the north of Ireland, showing how traditions of religious dissent underpinned oppositional politics. He goes on to explore the impact of American independence in Ulster, and shows how the mobilization of the Volunteers and the reform agitation of the 1780s anticipated the ideology and organization of the United Irish movement. He describes how, in the wake of the French Revolution, Ulster Presbyterians sought to create a new Irish nation in their own image, and reveals the confessional allegiances which shaped the 1798 rebellion.Above all, this innovative and original book uncovers the close relationship between theological disputes and political theory, recreating a distinctive intellectual tradition whose contribution to republican thought has often been misunderstood.
Scripture Politics and Abraham Kuyper
Abraham KuyperScripture Politics
  • Author

    I. R. Mcbride (lecturer, Department Of History, Lecturer, Department Of History, University Of Durham)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    August 1998

  • Weight

    582g

  • Page Count

    288

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780198206422

  • ISBN-10

    0198206429

  • Eden Code

    1190596

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