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.

Irish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modernist-fundamentalist controversy.

Presbyterian Church--Northern Ireland.

Presbyterian Church.

Christianity and politics--Northern Ireland.

Christianity and politics.

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

Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland--Church history.

Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster.

Paisley, Ian, 1926-2014.

Paisley, Ian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Second Coming of Paisley is the first book to examine the relationship between the Reverend Ian Paisley and leaders of the militant wing of evangelical fundamentalism in the United States in the period immediately preceding the outbreak of the Northern Ireland "Troubles" in the late 1960s. Jordan convincingly demonstrates that it was exposure to the ideas and principles of leaders of the Christian right such as Carl McIntire and Billy James Hargis that enabled Paisley to develop a militant brand of politicized religious fundamentalism that he used successfully to block the advance of civil rights for Northern Ireland's Catholic population.This cross-fertilization happened not in a historical vacuum but in the context of several centuries of interaction and exchange between Ulster and North America. Drawing upon extensive archival research, Jordan provides a full background analysis and establishes a framework for understanding the extraordinary force with which Reverend Paisley used a religious culture imported from the United States to affect a radical shake-up of religion and politics in Northern Ireland. Shedding new light on the influence of evangelical fundamentalism, The Second Coming of Paisley will be indispensable for scholars interested in the influence of religion on politics.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Part One""; ""Introduction""; ""The Transatlantic Background to Fundamentalism""; ""The Twentieth-Century Reformation""; ""The Theological and Political Background to Ulster Protestantism""; ""Part Two""; ""A Fundamental Defense of Ulster Protestantism""; ""The Crusade Against O�Neill and Ecumenism""; ""Civil Rights for the Green, the Black, and the Orange""; ""Paisley, the Elijah of Ulster""; ""Christian Disobedience in Ulster""; ""Part Three""; ""The Genesis of Ulster Amilitant Politics""; ""The Second Coming""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-341) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815652090

0815652097

OCLC:

867741418