The Shaping of Irish Presbyterian Attitudes to Mission, 1790–1840

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ID10093474
AuthorsAndrew R Holmes (0000-0001-6268-0345, Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author), Andrew Holmes (0000-0002-0546-2090)
Year2006
Volume57
Issue4
Pages711-737
Publication date2006-08-25
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022046905004355
OpenAlexW2024412131
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This article explores the various factors that both encouraged Irish Presbyterian involvement in mission and shaped how they understood their missionary calling. It contributes to the recent growth of interest in the Protestant missionary movement and takes issue with the predominant interpretation of Irish Presbyterianism offered by David Miller who misunderstands the complex relationship between traditional Presbyterianism, evangelicalism and modernity. After an overview of the main developments between 1790 and 1840, a consideration of the influence of the Reformed theological tradition, eschatology and the growth of evangelicalism is followed by an examination of the Enlightenment, the expansion of the British empire and the Presbyterian sense of patriotic duty. Though various non-religious factors shaped Presbyterian attitudes to mission, it will be argued that their active involvement was a product of sincere religious conviction and an eschatological reading of the signs of the times

Ancient history · Conviction · Duty · Empire · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Eschatology · Interpretation (philosophy · Irish · Modernity · Political science · Protestantism · Reading (process · Sociology · Theology · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Religious Studies

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