The Apocalypse in Ireland; Prophecy and Politics in the 1820s

ISBN-13: 9781800799028 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 494 str.

Thomas P. Power

Opis

This book reveals how a misinterpretation of the passages from Revelation heightened sectarian fervour that left a lasting legacy.

Recenzje

"[probably use full title of book]...is a tough-minded, archivally-rich, and admirably original examination of a phenomenon rarely discussed in Irish studies: the biblically-based prophetics that ran rampant in the Catholic population in the two generations between the early 1770s and the late1820s. These are associated with the figure of "Signior Pastorini" (Bishop Charles Walmesley) who read the Apocalypse of St. John in a distinctly anti-Protestant fashion. Dr. Thomas Power convincingly documents the immediate depth of these sectarian etchings upon the Irish Catholic polity and suggests the possible long-term impact of their underlying sanguinary agenda." Prof. Donald Akenson, Queen's University, Canada (8da8@queensu.ca)

Spis treści

Contents: Revelation: Tomorrow's News Today - Reception: The Making of an Apocalyptic Moment - Proclamation: The Word is the Seed - Usurpation: The Gospel of the Mob - Annihilation: The Bugaboo Year - Reconfiguration: Pastorini Was Nothing to Me - Ascription I: Accommodating Heretics - Ascription II: Hemmed In - Lamentation: Ireland Is Growing Too Hot - Conclusion: Prophecy is History.

O autorze

Thomas P. Power is Sessional Lecturer in the History of Christianity, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto.