A story of conflict : the controversial relationship between Benjamin Wills Newton and John Nelson Darby - Burnham, Jonathan D. (Milton Keynes, UK : Paternoster, 2004)
Ch 1: Historical setting : Economic and political conditions; Cultural conditions; Religious conditions. Ch 2: The formative years of John Nelson Darby, 1800-1830 : Early years; Spiritual crisis ; The Church of Ireland ; Evangelicalism and the Irish church ; Darby's spiritual development ; Developments in Darby's view of prophecy ; Origins of the Brethren. Ch. 3: The formative years of Benjamin Wills Newton, 1807-1832 : Early years ; Evangelical conversion ; Doctrinal development ; Newton meets Darby ; "Spirit-led manifestations" ; The fracturing of Oxford Evangelicalism. Ch 4: The emergence of the Plymouth brethren, 1831-1836 : Origins of the Plymouth Assembly ; Early leadership of the Plymouth Assembly ; Doctrinal principles of the Plymouth Assemmbly ; Irvingism. Ch 5: The eschatological development of Darby and Newton, 1831-1836 : Introduction ; The historical development of Premillennialism ; Continued development of Darby's Premillennialism ; Darby and the Pretribulational Rapture ; Further development of Darby's Ecclesiology and Eschatology ; Developments in Newtons view of prophecy ; The 1834 prophetic conference ; Newtons shift to Premillennial Futurism ; Darby and Newton: rising tensions. Ch 6: A deteriorating relationship, 1837-1845 : Darby and the Swiss Evangelicals ; Newton and Darby's 'Dangerous Hermeneutic' ; Darby's return to Switzerland ; Newton's leadership of the Plymouth Assembly ; Newton's "Thoughts on the Apocalypse" ; Opposition from Darby ; Differences of interpretation ; Pamphlet war ; Darby's withdrawal from Ebrington Street ; Investigations inton charges against Newton ; A devastating schism. Ch 7: The division completed, 1846-1847 : A brief peace ; Darby's " Narrative of the facts" ; Darby's "Account of the proceedings at Rawstorne Street ; Newton's Christology undeer suspicion ; Support for Newton begins to crack ; Newton's departure from Plymouth ; Conflict ended. Ch 8: The remaining years : Darby's continued conflicts and theological writings ; Summary of Newtons later movements ; Summary of Newton's later theology ; Newton vindicated ; Darby's final days.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Newton, Benjamin Wills, -- 1807-1899; Darby, John Nelson, -- 1800-1882; Brethren movement -- early history; Brethren movement -- distinctives and divisions; Brethren movement -- biography