Dermot Keogh and Finín O’Driscoll
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198203193
- eISBN:
- 9780191675775
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203193.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter discusses political Catholicism in Ireland. Topics covered include the formation of an Irish Catholic social movement, the kingship of Christ in the new Free State, vocationalism, Fianna ...
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This chapter discusses political Catholicism in Ireland. Topics covered include the formation of an Irish Catholic social movement, the kingship of Christ in the new Free State, vocationalism, Fianna Fáil and political Catholicism, political Catholicism and the 1937 Irish Constitution, and political Catholicism in post-war Ireland. The 1960s marked an important era of change for the Catholic Church. Integralism was not entirely dead. Small fringe parties continued to fulminate against the pluralist philosophy of figures such as the former Fine Gael Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald (1983–87) which was perceived to pose a challenge to traditional Catholic values. Such parties, however, could not hope to win mass support and most Irish Catholics continued to identify with the major political parties. Catholicism thus remained a central element in Irish politics; but movements of political Catholicism remained on the margins.Less
This chapter discusses political Catholicism in Ireland. Topics covered include the formation of an Irish Catholic social movement, the kingship of Christ in the new Free State, vocationalism, Fianna Fáil and political Catholicism, political Catholicism and the 1937 Irish Constitution, and political Catholicism in post-war Ireland. The 1960s marked an important era of change for the Catholic Church. Integralism was not entirely dead. Small fringe parties continued to fulminate against the pluralist philosophy of figures such as the former Fine Gael Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald (1983–87) which was perceived to pose a challenge to traditional Catholic values. Such parties, however, could not hope to win mass support and most Irish Catholics continued to identify with the major political parties. Catholicism thus remained a central element in Irish politics; but movements of political Catholicism remained on the margins.
Mary Heimann
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198205975
- eISBN:
- 9780191676888
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205975.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, History of Religion
This chapter discusses the gap in the historiography of nineteenth-century English Catholicism. It enumerates some of the reasons why Catholic devotion in England lacked attention. The first is ...
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This chapter discusses the gap in the historiography of nineteenth-century English Catholicism. It enumerates some of the reasons why Catholic devotion in England lacked attention. The first is because the subject concerns the most intimate and elusive phenomenon of the spirituality of man, and the second is more idiosyncratic to the field of Catholic history in England. The chapter also looks at the ‘second-spring’ view of English Catholicism during the nineteenth century, Irish Catholicism, liberalism, ultramontanism, revivalism, and the lack of devotional categories.Less
This chapter discusses the gap in the historiography of nineteenth-century English Catholicism. It enumerates some of the reasons why Catholic devotion in England lacked attention. The first is because the subject concerns the most intimate and elusive phenomenon of the spirituality of man, and the second is more idiosyncratic to the field of Catholic history in England. The chapter also looks at the ‘second-spring’ view of English Catholicism during the nineteenth century, Irish Catholicism, liberalism, ultramontanism, revivalism, and the lack of devotional categories.
Eamon Maher and Eugene O'Brien (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781526101068
- eISBN:
- 9781526124197
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526101068.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion
This book engages with the spectacular disenchantment with Catholicism in Ireland over the relatively short period of four decades. It begins with the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979 and in ...
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This book engages with the spectacular disenchantment with Catholicism in Ireland over the relatively short period of four decades. It begins with the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979 and in particular his address to young people in Galway, where the crowd had been entertained beforehand by two of Ireland’s most celebrated clerics, Bishop Eamon Casey and Fr Michael Cleary, both of whom were engaged at the time in romantic affairs that resulted in the birth of children. It will be argued that the Pope’s visit was prompted by concern at the significant fall in vocations to priesthood and the religious life and the increasing secularism of Irish society.
The book then explores the various referenda that took place during the 1980s on divorce and abortion which, although they resulted in victories for the Church, demonstrated that their hold on the Irish public was weakening. The clerical abuse scandals of the 1990s were the tipping point for an Irish public which was generally resentful of the intrusive and repressive form of Catholicism that had been the norm in Ireland since the formation of the State in the 1920s.
Boasting an impressive array of contributors from various backgrounds and expertise, the essays in the book attempt to delineate the exact reasons for the progressive dismantling of the cultural legacy of Catholicism and the consequences this has had on Irish society. Among the contributors are Patricia Casey, Joe Cleary, Michael Cronin, Louise Fuller, Patsy McGarry, Vincent Twomey and Eamonn Wall.Less
This book engages with the spectacular disenchantment with Catholicism in Ireland over the relatively short period of four decades. It begins with the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979 and in particular his address to young people in Galway, where the crowd had been entertained beforehand by two of Ireland’s most celebrated clerics, Bishop Eamon Casey and Fr Michael Cleary, both of whom were engaged at the time in romantic affairs that resulted in the birth of children. It will be argued that the Pope’s visit was prompted by concern at the significant fall in vocations to priesthood and the religious life and the increasing secularism of Irish society.
The book then explores the various referenda that took place during the 1980s on divorce and abortion which, although they resulted in victories for the Church, demonstrated that their hold on the Irish public was weakening. The clerical abuse scandals of the 1990s were the tipping point for an Irish public which was generally resentful of the intrusive and repressive form of Catholicism that had been the norm in Ireland since the formation of the State in the 1920s.
Boasting an impressive array of contributors from various backgrounds and expertise, the essays in the book attempt to delineate the exact reasons for the progressive dismantling of the cultural legacy of Catholicism and the consequences this has had on Irish society. Among the contributors are Patricia Casey, Joe Cleary, Michael Cronin, Louise Fuller, Patsy McGarry, Vincent Twomey and Eamonn Wall.
David Doyle
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780719097317
- eISBN:
- 9781781708569
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719097317.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
Irish diaspora Catholicism was already widespread before the Famine, but in the wake of that catastrophe millions migrated to the USA and the far flung reaches of the British Empire. Some churchmen ...
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Irish diaspora Catholicism was already widespread before the Famine, but in the wake of that catastrophe millions migrated to the USA and the far flung reaches of the British Empire. Some churchmen saw emigration as a panacea for Ireland’s ills, others warned of its dangers as the Irish seemed to be over represented in the criminal classes of their host countries. The North American experience especially that of the USA is particularly important for consolidating one interpretation of Irish Catholic nationalist identity. But such identity was also constructed within the terms of American Catholic experience as a whole. The Irish competed with the Germans, Poles, Italians and other Catholic immigrant groups for a sense of what it was to be Catholic in a non-denominational, and frequently hostile culture.Less
Irish diaspora Catholicism was already widespread before the Famine, but in the wake of that catastrophe millions migrated to the USA and the far flung reaches of the British Empire. Some churchmen saw emigration as a panacea for Ireland’s ills, others warned of its dangers as the Irish seemed to be over represented in the criminal classes of their host countries. The North American experience especially that of the USA is particularly important for consolidating one interpretation of Irish Catholic nationalist identity. But such identity was also constructed within the terms of American Catholic experience as a whole. The Irish competed with the Germans, Poles, Italians and other Catholic immigrant groups for a sense of what it was to be Catholic in a non-denominational, and frequently hostile culture.
Alvin Jackson
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198204985
- eISBN:
- 9780191676437
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198204985.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter discusses Saunderson’s political preoccupations in the historical traditions of his family. His attitude to Irish Catholicism and to Nationalist aspirations owed much to the historical ...
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This chapter discusses Saunderson’s political preoccupations in the historical traditions of his family. His attitude to Irish Catholicism and to Nationalist aspirations owed much to the historical interrelationship between his own clan and the O’Reillys. The imperfect nature of the Cavan plantation and the lingering resentful presence of the O’Reillys gave an edge to Saunderson’s convictions; but while he was in many ways indebted to these Gaelic precursors, his conception of politics and of parliamentary responsibility was tailored by other more immediate influences.Less
This chapter discusses Saunderson’s political preoccupations in the historical traditions of his family. His attitude to Irish Catholicism and to Nationalist aspirations owed much to the historical interrelationship between his own clan and the O’Reillys. The imperfect nature of the Cavan plantation and the lingering resentful presence of the O’Reillys gave an edge to Saunderson’s convictions; but while he was in many ways indebted to these Gaelic precursors, his conception of politics and of parliamentary responsibility was tailored by other more immediate influences.
Gladys Ganiel
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780198745785
- eISBN:
- 9780191808203
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198745785.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies, Religion and Society
This chapter presents the findings from a case study of Jesus Centre, Dublin, a parish of the charismatic/Pentecostal, Nigerian-based Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). It includes a history of ...
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This chapter presents the findings from a case study of Jesus Centre, Dublin, a parish of the charismatic/Pentecostal, Nigerian-based Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). It includes a history of Jesus Centre, and explores how it has created an extra-institutional space where people’s everyday beliefs and practices are contrasted to Irish Catholicism. This is seen in how people spoke about evangelism, their interactions with other churches, and promoting healing from clerical sexual abuse scandals. It argues that Jesus Centre both complements and challenges Ireland’s traditional institutional churches because it is a space where many have experienced personal transformation, and because its increasing interactions with other church and secular groups make it poised to contribute to wider transformations. Because Jesus Centre is not caught up in the sectarianism of the island’s past, they may have unique contributions to make to reconciliation.Less
This chapter presents the findings from a case study of Jesus Centre, Dublin, a parish of the charismatic/Pentecostal, Nigerian-based Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). It includes a history of Jesus Centre, and explores how it has created an extra-institutional space where people’s everyday beliefs and practices are contrasted to Irish Catholicism. This is seen in how people spoke about evangelism, their interactions with other churches, and promoting healing from clerical sexual abuse scandals. It argues that Jesus Centre both complements and challenges Ireland’s traditional institutional churches because it is a space where many have experienced personal transformation, and because its increasing interactions with other church and secular groups make it poised to contribute to wider transformations. Because Jesus Centre is not caught up in the sectarianism of the island’s past, they may have unique contributions to make to reconciliation.
Vike Martina Plock
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813034232
- eISBN:
- 9780813038803
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813034232.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
James Joyce, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, decided to follow a certain European literary tradition in constructing his novel in the form of the bildungsroman or künstlerroman. However, ...
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James Joyce, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, decided to follow a certain European literary tradition in constructing his novel in the form of the bildungsroman or künstlerroman. However, in spite of appearances, A Portrait shares with Dubliners a keen interest in diagnostics and social analysis. Joyce's examination of Stephen Dedalus's formative years results in an optimistic final score, seeing Stephen actively renounce the restrictive conditions of the Irish social order in favor of artistic nonconformity and continental liberalism. Stephen is able to cast off his ties to Irish Catholicism and, at the end of the novel, the spiritual freedom suggested by intellectualism and artistic creativity replaces the moralistic essence of his Catholic upbringing. In this chapter, Stephen's character formation, his spiritual and emotional stasis, and his reinvention as an egocentric aesthete are the response to a powerful medico-moral discourse that produced strictly determined recommendations on the normative development of teenage sexuality.Less
James Joyce, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, decided to follow a certain European literary tradition in constructing his novel in the form of the bildungsroman or künstlerroman. However, in spite of appearances, A Portrait shares with Dubliners a keen interest in diagnostics and social analysis. Joyce's examination of Stephen Dedalus's formative years results in an optimistic final score, seeing Stephen actively renounce the restrictive conditions of the Irish social order in favor of artistic nonconformity and continental liberalism. Stephen is able to cast off his ties to Irish Catholicism and, at the end of the novel, the spiritual freedom suggested by intellectualism and artistic creativity replaces the moralistic essence of his Catholic upbringing. In this chapter, Stephen's character formation, his spiritual and emotional stasis, and his reinvention as an egocentric aesthete are the response to a powerful medico-moral discourse that produced strictly determined recommendations on the normative development of teenage sexuality.
