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God's Irishmen - Theological Debates in Cromwellian Ireland (Hardcover, New)
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God's Irishmen - Theological Debates in Cromwellian Ireland (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
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Conflicts between protestants and Catholics intensified as the
Cromwellian invasion of 1649 inflamed the blood-soaked antagonism
between the English and Irish. In the ensuing decade, half of
Ireland's landmass was confiscated while thousands of natives were
shipped overseas - all in a bid to provide safety for English
protestants and bring revenge upon the Irish for their rebellion in
1641. Centuries later, these old wounds linger in Irish political
and cultural discussion. In his new book, Crawford Gribben
reconsiders the traditional reading of the failed Cromwellian
invasion as he reflects on the invaders' fractured mental
world.
As a tiny minority facing constant military threat, Cromwellian
protestants in Ireland clashed over theological issues such as
conversion, baptism, church government, miraculous signs, and the
role of women. Protestant groups regularly invoked the language of
the "Antichrist," but used the term more often against each other
than against the Catholics who surrounded them. Intra-protestant
feuds splintered the Cromwellian party. Competing quests for
religious dominance created instability at the heart of the
administration, causing its eventual defeat. Gribben reconstructs
these theological debates within their social and political
contexts and provides a fascinating account of the religious
infighting, instability, and division that tore the movement
apart.
Providing a close and informed analysis of the relatively few
texts that survive from the period, Gribben addresses the question
that has dominated discussion of this period: whether the
protestants' small numbers, sectarian divisions and seemingly
beleaguered situation produced an idiosyncratictheology and a
failed political campaign.
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