The Church of Ireland and its Past
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The Church of Ireland and its Past

History, interpretation and identity

  1. 335 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Church of Ireland and its Past

History, interpretation and identity

About this book

A comprehensive examination of the Church of Ireland's history and its evolving identity.

This volume brings together leading Irish historians to explore how the history of the Church of Ireland has been written over 500 years since the Reformation. It traces the emergence of a distinct Protestant narrative, shaped by the belief that the Church of Ireland was the true descendant of St Patrick.

  • Explores the complex interplay of religious, political, and cultural forces
  • Examines the evolution of Irish Protestant historiography
  • Offers fresh perspectives on key events and figures in Irish church history

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Publisher
Four Courts Press
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781846826931
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Denominations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Contributors
  8. ‘That noble dream’: objectivity and the writing of Irish church history
  9. Shaping history: James Ussher and the Church of Ireland
  10. Creating a usable past: James and Robert Ware
  11. Writing the history of the Church of Ireland in the eighteenth century
  12. High-church history: C.R. Elrington and his edition of James Ussher’s works
  13. Contested histories? Richard Mant’s History of the Church of Irelandand religious politics in early Victorian Belfast
  14. J.H. Todd and the Life of St Patrick
  15. Bishop William Reeves, Adomnán, and the beginning of historical theology in Ireland
  16. Irishness, foreignness and national identity: apostolic succession in disestablishment historiography
  17. George T. Stokes and the oriental origins of Irish Christianity in the late nineteenth century
  18. W.A. Phillips, History of the Church of Ireland (1933–4): a missed opportunity
  19. Journeying into a wider world? The development of the histories of the Church of Ireland since 1950
  20. The debate about the Irish Reformation: some reflections on twentieth-century historiography
  21. After Bradshaw: the debate on the Tudor Reformation in Ireland
  22. One church, two histories: the Jacobean and the Caroline traditionsin the Church of Ireland, 1600–2000
  23. Concluding reflections
  24. Index

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