The second coming of Paisley : militant fundamentalism and Ulster politics / Richard Lawrence Jordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, Richard L. (Richard Lawrence), 1956-

Series:

Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)

Irish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paisley, Ian, 1926-2014.

Paisley, Ian.

Presbyterian Church.

Christianity and politics.

Church history.

Northern Ireland--Church history.

Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1968-1998.

Politics and government.

Christianity and politics--Northern Ireland.

Presbyterian Church--Northern Ireland.

Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster.

Modernist-fundamentalist controversy.

Physical Description:

x, 359 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2013.

Contents:

Part 1 The Old Testament: The Background to Paisleyism

Introduction 3

1 The Transatlantic Background to Fundamentalism 17

2 The Twentieth- Century Reformation: The Gospel of Militant Fundamentalism 38

3 The Theological and Political Background to Ulster Protestantism 71

Part 2 The New Testament: Premillennial Paisleyism

4 A Fundamental Defense of Ulster Protestantism 93

5 The Crusade Against O'Neill and Ecumenism 130

6 Civil Rights for the Green, the Black, and the Orange 161

7 Paisley, the Elijah of Ulster 182

8 Christian Disobedience in Ulster 199

Part 3 The Second Coming: Paisley and Amillennial Politics

9 The Genesis of Ulster Amilitant Politics 219

10 The Second Coming: Paisley and the "Civil" Religion of Democratic Unionism 232.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815633136

0815633130

OCLC:

813949529