Isaac Nelson: Radical Abolitionist, Evangelical Presbyterian, and Irish Nationalist

by Daniel Ritchie

Book Overview

This book reconsiders the career of an important, controversial, but neglected figure in this history of Irish Presbyterianism. The Revd Isaac Nelson is mostly remembered for his opposition to the evangelical revival of 1859, but this book demonstrates that there was much more to Nelson's career. Nelson started out as a prot g of Henry Cooke and as an exemplary young evangelical minister. Upon aligning himself with the Belfast Anti-Slavery Society...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800856695
• ISBN13: 9781800856691
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 336 Pages