Moral monopoly : the rise and fall of the Catholic church in modern Ireland / Tom Inglis.
By: Inglis, Tom.
Material type: BookPublisher: Dublin : University College Dublin Press, 1998Description: vii, 312 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1900621126.Subject(s): Catholic Church -- Ireland | Catholics -- Ireland | Ireland -- Church historyDDC classification: 282.415Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 282.415 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00076330 | ||
General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 282.415 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00055697 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is an explanation of how the Catholic Church came to hold such a powerful position in Irish society, and the factors central to the decline in the Church's monopoly on morality.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-290) and index.
Introduction -- Part one: The catholic church in contemporary Ireland -- The religious habitus of Irish catholics -- Church organisation and control -- Power and the catholic church in Irish social, political and economic life -- Part two: Origins of the power of the catholic church in Ireland -- Introduction -- The growth in power of the Institutional church in nineteenth-century Ireland -- The Irish civilising process -- The transformation of Irish society -- The Irish mother -- Part three: Decline in the power of the Catholic church in Ireland -- The decline in the catholic church's monopoly over Irish morality 1986-97 -- The influence of the catholic church on modern Irish society.