CATHOL CHURCH & NORTH IRISH TROUBLES C

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-19-884321-4
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 543 g

Until surprisingly recently the history of the Irish Catholic Church during the Northern Irish Troubles was written by Irish priests and bishops and was commemorative, rather than analytical. This study uses the Troubles as a case study to evaluate the role of the Catholic Church in mediating conflict.

During the Troubles, these priests and bishops often worked behind the scenes, acting as go-betweens for the British government and republican paramilitaries, to bring about a peaceful solution. However, this study also looks more broadly at the actions of the American, Irish and English Catholic Churches, as well as that of the Vatican, to uncover the full impact of the Church on the conflict. This critical analysis of previously neglected state, Irish, and English Catholic Church archival material changes our perspective on the role of a religious institution in a modern conflict.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scull

Scull, Margaret M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction: 'Religion from Rome, Politics from Home'?

- 1: 'From Civil Rights to Armalites'

- 2: 'The demands of justice must be stated before the words of peace find a receptive ground', 1972-1976

- 3: 'The Men of Violence', 1976-1981

- 4: '.to remind Catholics that support for the IRA and SF was not compatible with membership of the Catholic Church', 1982-1990

- 5: 'Let history judge who was to blame', 1990-1998

- Conclusion: 'The Church needs to do a reality check'

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret M. Scull is a historian of modern Britain and Ireland. After graduating with a PhD from King's College London in 2017, she has held teaching and research fellowships at KCL, the National University of Ireland, Galway, and Syracuse University London. Her multi-disciplinary research explores the relationship between religion and politics in the contemporary period; particularly the 'soft power' influence religious leaders still possessed in British and Irish politics after the Second World War. Her current project examines the role of funerals throughout the Northern Ireland 'Troubles'.