Eugene V. Gallagher

The Scarlet Woman and the Red Hand

History & Biography

“By showing how various evangelicals involved in the Troubles in Northern Ireland read their contemporary situations in terms of biblical texts, Searle clearly shows how the Christian apocalyptic eschatology of prominent biblical texts both shaped and was used to respond to the particular contexts of individual interpreters. Searle carefully analyzes specific interpretations and sets them against broad philosophical, theological, and historical backgrounds.”