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Scripture Politics examines the central role played by Ulster
Presbyterians in the birth of Irish republicanism. Drawing on
recent trends in British and American historiography, as well as a
wide range of Irish primary sources, Ian McBride charts the
development of Presbyterian politics between the War of American
Independence and the rebellion of 1798. McBride begins by tracing
the emergence of a radical sub-culture in the north of Ireland,
showing how traditions of religious dissent underpinned
oppositional politics. He goes on to explore the impact of American
independence in Ulster, and shows how the mobilization of the
Volunteers and the reform agitation of the 1780s anticipated the
ideology and organization of the United Irish movement. He
describes how, in the wake of the French Revolution, Ulster
Presbyterians sought to create a new Irish nation in their own
image, and reveals the confessional allegiances which shaped the
1798 rebellion. Above all, this innovative and original book
uncovers the close relationship between theological disputes and
political theory, recreating a distinctive intellectual tradition
whose contribution to republican thought has often been
misunderstood. _
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