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Author Akenson, Donald H., author.

Title Discovering the end of time : Irish Evangelicals in the age of Daniel O'Connell / Donald Harman Akenson.

Publication Info. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (538 pages :) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-522) and index.
Contents Introduction -- 1. Dalyland: The Shape of a Hidden Kingdom -- 2. The Fauna of Dalyland -- 3. John Nelson Darby Approaches Dalyland -- 4. The Missing Years (1): 1819-1822 -- 5. The Missing Years (2): 1822-1825 -- 6. Everything Implodes, 1825-1829 -- 7. Ecclesiology: Rebuilding the Fallen Jerusalem -- 8. Eschatology: Lady Powerscourt Points to the Heavens -- 9. The Drawing-Room Prophets, 1831-1832 -- 10. Powerscourt 1833: Apogee or Syncline? -- 11. The End of the Irish Evangelicals' Big-House Tradition, 1834-1837.
Summary "Apocalyptic millennialism is embraced by the most powerful strands of evangelical Christianity. The followers of these groups believe in the physical return of Jesus to Earth in the Second Coming, the affirmation of a Rapture, a millennium of peace under the rule of Jesus and his saints, and, at last, final judgment and deep eternity. In Discovering the End of Time, Donald Akenson traces the primary vector of apocalyptic millennialism to a specific locale in southern Ireland in the 1820s and '30s. Surprisingly, these apocalyptic concepts--which many scholars associate with the poor, the ill-educated, and the desperate--were articulated most forcefully by a rich, well-educated band of elite Irish Protestants. Drawing a striking portrait of John Nelson Darby, the major figure in the evolution of evangelical dispensationalism, Akenson demonstrates Darby's formative influence on ideas that later came to have a foundational impact on American evangelicalism in general and on Christian fundamentalism in particular. Careful to emphasize that recognizing the origins of apocalyptic millennialism in no way implies a judgment on the validity of its constructs, Akenson draws on a deep knowledge of early nineteenth-century history and theology to deliver a powerful history of an Irish religious elite and a major intersection in the evolution of modern Christianity. Opening the door into an Ireland that was hiding in plain sight--to a culturally and financially rich community that centred on radical evangelicalism and, for many, the return to earth of Jesus and the apocalyptic reorganization of all human life--Discovering the End of Time tells a remarkable story, at once erudite, conversational, and humorous, and characterized by an impressive range and depth of research."-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Darby, J. N. (John Nelson), 1800-1882 -- Influence.
Darby, J. N. (John Nelson), 1800-1882.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Elite (Social sciences)
Ireland.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Evangelicalism -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Evangelicalism.
Millennialism -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Millennialism.
Protestants -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Protestants.
Ireland -- Church history -- 19th century.
Church history.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Other Form: Print version:Akenson, Donald Harman, 1941- Discovering the end of time. (CaOONL)20159070899
ISBN 9780773598492 electronic
0773598499
9780773546790 bound
0773546790
9780773598508
0773598502