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

Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (538 pages) : illustrations 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-522) and index Subject Darby, J. N. (John Nelson), 1800-1882 -- Influence SUBJECT Darby, J. N. (John Nelson), 1800-1882 fast Subject Elite (Social sciences) -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century Evangelicalism -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century Millennialism -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century Protestants -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century RELIGION -- Christianity -- Denominations. Elite (Social sciences) Evangelicalism Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Millennialism Protestants Evangelikale Bewegung Endzeiterwartung SUBJECT Ireland -- Church history -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067969 Subject Ireland Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773598492 0773598499 9780773546790 0773546790

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