The Catholic Church in Ireland Today

by Bernadette Flanagan

From a Church that once enjoyed devotional loyalty, political influence, and institutional power unrivaled in Europe, the Catholic Church in Ireland now faces collapse. Devastated by a series of reports on clerical sexual abuse, challenged publicly during several political battles, and painfully aware of plunging Mass attendance, the Irish Church today is confronted with the loss of its institutional legitimacy. This study is the first international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498502520
• ISBN13: 9781498502528
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"