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| Titre : | Religion, anti-slavery, and identity : Irish Presbyterians, the United States, and transatlantic evangelicalism,c. 1820-1914 (2015) |
| Auteurs : | Andrew HOLMES, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish Historical Studies (vol. 39 n 155 2015) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 378-398 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | Scholars have devoted much attention to the causes and consequences of Presbyterian emigration from Ulster to the thirteen colonies before 1776. This article moves beyond the eighteenth century to examine the continued religious links between Presbyterians in Ireland and the United States in the nineteenth century. It begins with an examination of the influence of evangelicalism on both sides of the Atlantic and how this promoted unity in denominational identity, missionary activity to convert Catholics, and revivalist religion during the first half of the century. Though Irish Presbyterians had great affection for their American co-religionists, they were not uncritical, and significant tensions did develop over slavery. The article then examines the religious character of Scotch-Irish or Ulster-Scots identity, which was articulated in response to the alleged demoralising influence of large-scale Irish immigration during and after the Famine of the 1840's, the so-called Romanisation of Catholicism, and the threat of Home Rule in Ireland |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Lieu de publication : | Dublin |
| Mention de responsabilité : | A. R. Holmes |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
