From Ecumenism to Community Relations Inter-Church Relationships in Northern Ireland 1980-2005
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- Hardcover ausgewählt
- Taschenbuch
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Sprache:Englisch
Fr. 94.90
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
01.01.2007
Verlag
Irish Academic PressSeitenzahl
262
Maße (L/B/H)
23.5/15.9/2.5 cm
Gewicht
567 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-7165-3379-5
The main theme of this unique book centers upon ways in which the Protestant and Catholic Churches have worked together to promote peace and reconciliation and improve community relations in Northern Ireland. It examines the various methods and schemes used by the Church leaders and members of local churches and assesses their success in providing an example of peace, reconciliation, and leadership to the communities that they serve. The various contacts which have taken place since Vatican II are examined in detail, demonstrating that a timidity about issues of communal relations meant that the churches were reluctant to create national structures and rarely translated talk into action or acted upon the recommendations of commissioned reports. In contrast, the author is very positive about what Christian groups have achieved at community level. These groups found that they could work along shared communal lines if dealing with common social issues, particularly in supplying 'safe have
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