The rise and fall of Christian Ireland / Crawford Gribben.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gribben, Crawford, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Ireland--History.

Christianity.

Ireland--Church history.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

The Irish experience of Christianity has never been simple or uncomplicated. Here, Crawford Gribben describes the ancient emergence, long dominance, sudden division, and recent decline of Ireland's most important religion, as a way of telling the history of the island and its peoples, from earliest times to the present day.

Contents:

Cover

The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland

Copyright

Dedication

Preface and acknowledgements

Contents

List of illustrations

List of maps

Timeline

Maps 1-4

Introduction

I

II

III

1: Conversions

2: Foundations

IV

3: Reformations

4: Revivals

5: Troubles

Conclusion: Losing faith in Ireland?

V

VI

Notes

Epigraph

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Conclusion

Bibliography

Manuscript

Published material

Figure acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-263857-2

0-19-194347-9

0-19-263856-4