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"The Second Coming of Paisley examines the relationship between Rev. Ian Paisley and the leaders of the militant wing of evangelical fundamentalism in the United State in the period immediately preceding the outbreak of the Northern Ireland """"Troubles"""" in the late 1960s."

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An original and important study of Paisleyism, one that provides a number of new insights into the development of modern Ulster's religious and political landscape. This will quickly become necessary reading for anyone interested in modern Northern Ireland and/or modern evangelicalism.-- Sean Farrell, author of Rituals and Riots: Sectarian Violence and Political Culture in Ulster, 1784-1886 This book fills a vitally important gap in the historiography of the Northern Ireland Troubles. It places the events of 1965-2000 in the broader context of the resurgence of political conservatism and reaction grounded in, and often driven by, Christian fundamentalism in the United States.-- Irene Whelan, author of The Bible War in Ireland: The Second Reformation and the Polarization of Protestant-Catholic Relations, 1800-1840 While remaining solidly rooted in the historical, political and religious contexts of Ulster's varied and competing Protestant traditions, Jordan carefully traces the transatlantic dynamics that gave rise to the militant fundamentalism Paisley at first embraced and eventually came to personify. . . . The Second Coming of Paisley not only sheds new light on the Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland; in drawing attention to the shared anxieties of Protestant evangelicalism across national boundaries, Jordan's work subtly reshapes our understanding of the entire post-war period.-- Michael Mays, author of Nation States: The Cultures of Irish Nationalism

An original and important study of Paisleyism, one that provides a number of new insights into the development of modern Ulster's religious and political landscape. This will quickly become necessary reading for anyone interested in modern Northern Ireland and/or modern evangelicalism.--Sean Farrell, author of Rituals and Riots: Sectarian Violence and Political Culture in Ulster, 1784-1886 This book fills a vitally important gap in the historiography of the Northern Ireland Troubles. It places the events of 1965-2000 in the broader context of the resurgence of political conservatism and reaction grounded in, and often driven by, Christian fundamentalism in the United States.--Irene Whelan, author of The Bible War in Ireland: The Second Reformation and the Polarization of Protestant-Catholic Relations, 1800-1840 While remaining solidly rooted in the historical, political and religious contexts of Ulster's varied and competing Protestant traditions, Jordan carefully traces the transatlantic dynamics that gave rise to the militant fundamentalism Paisley at first embraced and eventually came to personify. . . . The Second Coming of Paisley not only sheds new light on the Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland; in drawing attention to the shared anxieties of Protestant evangelicalism across national boundaries, Jordan's work subtly reshapes our understanding of the entire post-war period.--Michael Mays, author of Nation States: The Cultures of Irish Nationalism

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Richard Lawrence Jordan received his PhD in modern British history from Louisiana State University. He was awarded the 2009 Adele Dalsimer Prize for Distinguished Dissertation from the American Conference for Irish Studies and the Distinguished Dissertation Award from Louisiana State University.

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