Unitarian Radicalism

The Unitarian confrontation with the late eighteenth-century political establishment is reflected in published sermons, pamphlets and parliamentary debates. Price and Priestley were only the most notorious members of a well-educated, close-knit and highly articulate intellectual opposition, all the more formidable for dominating the major literary reviews. Focusing on many lesser-known dissenting polemicists, this study uncovers unexpected continuities in Unitarian critiques of government policies an questions whether Burke was justified in equating antitrinitarians with French republicans.

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Unequal Toleration PART I: GRAINS OF GUNPOWDER Denying the Trinity Opposing Subscription Predicting the Millennium PART II: PULPIT-POLITICS Essex Street: Lindsey, Disney and Belsham Gravel Pit and Old Jewry: Kippis, Price and Priestley Fasts and Thanksgivings PART III: UNDERMINING ESTABLISHMENTS Censuring Pitt Challenging Burke Campaigning for Peace PART IV: SPARKS OF SEDITION National Networks The Midlands and the North Norwich, Bristol and the South West Scottish Convict, Irish Exile PART V: EXPLOSIVE ECHOES 'Jacobin' Journalism Confronting Napoleon Conclusion: Transatlantic Connections List of abbreviations used in the notes Notes Bibliography