
The Paddington Prophet
Richard Brothers's Journey to Jerusalem
Deborah Madden(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 1. June 2010
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-7190-8238-2 (ISBN)
Description
As an educated gentleman and naval officer, Richard Brothers dramatically altered eighteenth-century expectations and perceptions of what prophets were and the nature of prophecy itself. The messianic messages delivered to Londoners by the self-styled prophet are central to the religious politics and culture of the 1790s, mockingly referred to by one contemporary critic as the 'age of prophecy'.
The Paddington Prophet is the first book-length study which probes deep under the skin of Brothers's apparently idiosyncratic writings and religious 'enthusiasm'. Close textual analysis of Brothers's writings shows the extent to which his Biblical, 'prophetic imagination' arose out of the same theological, political and cultural context that spurred 'radicals' like Tom Paine whilst inspiring poets and artists such as William Blake.
Tracing the contours of his visionary experiences, this book exposes the intensity and vibrancy of Brothers's faith, the power of his prophetic imagination and the internal logic of his theology. -- .
The Paddington Prophet is the first book-length study which probes deep under the skin of Brothers's apparently idiosyncratic writings and religious 'enthusiasm'. Close textual analysis of Brothers's writings shows the extent to which his Biblical, 'prophetic imagination' arose out of the same theological, political and cultural context that spurred 'radicals' like Tom Paine whilst inspiring poets and artists such as William Blake.
Tracing the contours of his visionary experiences, this book exposes the intensity and vibrancy of Brothers's faith, the power of his prophetic imagination and the internal logic of his theology. -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Illustrations, black & white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
708 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-8238-2 (9780719082382)
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Person
Deborah Madden is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Intellectual History at the University of Sussex -- .
Content
Acknowledgements
I Image of the divine: origins and prophetic awakenings, 1757-1795
Introduction: Inspiration, imagination and the pegasus of prophetic faith
1. Songs of innocence: origins in Placentia
2. Prophetic awakenings: angels, visions and the immortal demons of futurity
II Image of the Beast: treason, lunacy and legal death, 1795-1798
3. Songs of experience: prophecies and times
4. London: Babylon's spiritual sister
5. The religious politics of prophecy: or, Richard Brothers's Revealed Knowledge confuted
6. 'To enlighten the world from A MAD-HOUSE!' Confinement and the manacles of medical restraint
III A plan of the estate, 1798-1802
7. An excursion of the imagination: Jerusalem restored
8. Sacred territory and the New Covenant of God's Holy Kingdom
IV Farewell green fields, 1802-1824
9. Satan came and mocked: Richard Brothers, Joanna Southcott and the serpent in Paradise
Conclusion The Paddington Prophet
Bibliography
Index -- .
I Image of the divine: origins and prophetic awakenings, 1757-1795
Introduction: Inspiration, imagination and the pegasus of prophetic faith
1. Songs of innocence: origins in Placentia
2. Prophetic awakenings: angels, visions and the immortal demons of futurity
II Image of the Beast: treason, lunacy and legal death, 1795-1798
3. Songs of experience: prophecies and times
4. London: Babylon's spiritual sister
5. The religious politics of prophecy: or, Richard Brothers's Revealed Knowledge confuted
6. 'To enlighten the world from A MAD-HOUSE!' Confinement and the manacles of medical restraint
III A plan of the estate, 1798-1802
7. An excursion of the imagination: Jerusalem restored
8. Sacred territory and the New Covenant of God's Holy Kingdom
IV Farewell green fields, 1802-1824
9. Satan came and mocked: Richard Brothers, Joanna Southcott and the serpent in Paradise
Conclusion The Paddington Prophet
Bibliography
Index -- .