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The Irish Protestant churches in the twentieth century / Alan Megahey.
LIBRA BX4839 .M44 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Megahey, Alan J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
- Church of Ireland.
- Protestant churches--Ireland--History--20th century.
- Protestant churches.
- Protestant churches--Northern Ireland--History--20th century.
- History.
- Church history.
- Ireland--Church history--20th century.
- Ireland.
- Northern Ireland--Church history--20th century.
- Northern Ireland.
- Church of Ireland--History--20th century.
- Presbyterian Church in Ireland--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 239 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- This book is unique in recording the history of all Protestant churches in Ireland in the 20th century, though with particular focus on the two largest -- the Presbyterian and the Church of Ireland. It examines the changes and the chances in those churches during the turbulent period in Irish history, relating their development to the wider social and political context. Their structures and beliefs are examined, and their influences both in Ireland and overseas is assessed.
- Contents:
- 1 The Churches in 1900
- An Anatomy 5
- A Protestant People 5
- The Church of Ireland 7
- The Presbyterian Church 12
- The Smaller Churches 16
- 2 The Churches and Politics, 1900-1922 23
- Home Rule and Rome Rule 23
- Education Issues 31
- The Impact of War 37
- Partition, Civil War and Sectarian Violence 43
- 3 The Gospel and Society, 1900-1914 47
- The Ills of Society 47
- Church-related Organisations 55
- The Orange Order
- a brief note 64
- 4 Seeing and Believing, 1900-1965 68
- Iconography and Hymnography 68
- Preaching 81
- Appearances 85
- 5 Confessional States, 1922-1965 91
- The Churches in a Protestant State 91
- The Churches in a Roman Catholic State 108
- 6 A Century at Home and Abroad 121
- Ecumenism 121
- Missionary Activity 131
- Emigration 141
- 7 Changing Times 1960-1975 148
- New Perspectives 148
- The Northern Ireland Problem 157
- 8 Towards the New Millennium 170
- Violence in Ireland 170
- Sectarianism and Secularism 180
- Appendix Anglican, Presbyterian and Methodist Succession Lists 210.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312236018
- OCLC:
- 44039447
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