Irish Anglicanism, 1969–2019

Essays to mark the 150th anniversary of the Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland

Paul Harron, Kenneth Milne

• Publisher: Four Courts Press
• Year: 2019
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781846828454
• Subtopic: Irish History
• Index: History

For three centuries following the Reformation, the Church of Ireland was the 'Established Church' (the state Church) of the country. This status was removed by the Irish Church Act of 1869 as part of Prime Minister Gladstone's policy to meet the grievances of Irish nationalists and thereby win their support for the Union with Great Britain, while at the same time addressing the resentment of other Churches who objected to the privileged position enjoyed by an Established Church that could claim the loyalty of less than 12% of the population. To mark the 150th Anniversary of Disestablishment, this present collection of new essays, introduced by The Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, tells the story of major aspects of the life of the Church in the past half century—a period of remarkable societal, political, and ecclesial change, including the ordination of women to the three orders of ordained ministry within the Church of Ireland. The volume includes a diverse range of authorial voices from within the Church of Ireland 'fold' and without it, both clerical and lay; some essays are scholarly, yet in some cases conversational, while others take a historical perspective or are highly contextual and forward-looking.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Table of conents
• List of abbreviations
• List of illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• 1. An historical overview of the period
• 2. Worship in the Church of Ireland
• 3. Music in the Church of Ireland
• 4. The development of women’s ministry in the Church of Ireland
• 5. Pastoral care
• 6. The development of youth work
• 7. The Church of Ireland: politics and social change
• 8. The church and media and communications
• 9. The Church of Ireland and ecumenical relations
• 10. A Methodist perspective on the Church of Ireland: the pursuit of unity in mission
• 11. The Church of Ireland and the Anglican Communion
• 12. The Church of Ireland and dialogue with other faiths
• Plates
• 13. Law and the disestablished Church of Ireland: fifty years of accelerating change
• 14. Changing structures of the church
• 15. Architectural changes and the arts in the life of the Church of Ireland
• 16. The Church of Ireland and the Irish language
• 17. Church of Ireland archives and publishing
• 18. Theological training in the Church of Ireland
• 19. The Church of Ireland’s role in education inthe Republic of Ireland
• 20. The Church of Ireland’s role in education in Northern Ireland
• Contributors
• Index