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Controversies in Ulster Presbyterianism, 1790-1836 Contents
CHAPTER ONE: PRESBYTERIAN POLITICS IN THE 1790s
Presbyterian attitudes to Government
Presbyterianism and Whiggery
Catholic Emancipation
Millenarian politics
SummaryCHAPTER TWO: THE EVANGELICAL MOVEMENT, 1800-1820
Introduction
Non-Presbyterian Initiatives
The Evangelical Society of Ulster
The Synod of Ulster
Seceders and Covenanters
SummaryCHAPTER THREE: THE INCREASED ROYAL BOUNTY
The Act of Union
Castlereagh and the problem of Presbyterian loyalty
The dispute in the Synod of Ulster
Effects of classification
Classification and voluntaryismCHAPTER FOUR: THE BELFAST ACADEMICAL INSTITUTION
Formation of the Belfast Academical Institution
Negotiations with the Synod of Ulster
Government opposition
The Institution and Presbyterian loyaltyCHAPTER FIVE: THE ARIAN CONTROVERSY
The course of the controversy
Trinitarianism and church organisation
Arianism and mere morality
The Arian dispute and Catholic Emancipation
The Unitarian offensive
The course of the controversy - againCHAPTER SIX: THE REFORMED PARLIAMENT
The 1832 election and the emergence of party politics
The National Education System
Voluntaryism (1)
Cooke at Hillsborough and the 1835 Synod
Voluntaryism (2)
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