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A notable development the past few decades has been the steady erosion of the majority religion in Ireland. Where once the Catholic Church played a prominent, even unhealthy, role in the public and private lives of most of the population, now the levels of practice in parts of Dublin are well below 10%. Since the grossly inept mishandling of the revelations of child sexual abuse by a small number of priests in Ireland, the members of the hierarchy seem demoralized and incapable of offering the type of prophetic witness that is needed to regain the lost ground. This book examines the state of Catholicism in Ireland. The contributors include clergy, educators, journalists, academics and artists who have something of significance to say about their experience of contemporary Catholicism. The overall aim of the book is to contribute to an on-going debate about what must be done to create a credible and constructive future for the church in Ireland.… (more)
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Part One: What is the Current State of Irish Catholicism?
1. Being a Catholic in Ireland Today by John Littleton
2. The Catholic Church in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland by Peadar Kirby
3. Embracing Change: The remodeling of Irish Catholic primary schools in the 21st century by Patricia Kiernan
4. From Modernity to Ultramodernity: The Changing Influence of Catholic Practice on Political Practice in Ireland by Jean-Christophe Penet
Part Two: Catholic Experiences
5. The New Prophets: Voices from the Margins by Catherine Maignant
6. Reporting Religion by Colum Kenny
7. Of Scribes and Pharisees by Patsy McGarry
8. Devotion to Dissent: Irish-American Catholicism, 1945-2006 by Lawrence J. McCaffrey
Part Three: Artists, Poets and Writers on Irish Catholicism
9. Sites of Worship, Sites of Desire: Catholicism and Dorothy Cross's Stabat Mater by Eóin Flannery
10. Secularising the Sacred: Dermot Bolger and the Problem of Catholic Nationalism by Damien Shortt
11. Sifting the Remains of Irish Catholicism: Relics and Nuns in Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin's Poetry by Andrew J. Auge
12. The Jesus Body, The Jesus Bones by John F. Deane
13. Catholicism at a Crossroads: Jean Sulivan's Message for post-Catholic Ireland by Eamon Maher
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