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.
Zusammenfassung
First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Inhalt
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