The Religious Condition of Ireland 1770-1850 [Hardcover]

This is a major assessment of the religious state of Ireland between 1770 and 1850. This book challenges the assumption that religious division in Ireland is inevitable, and suggests that much of the religious intolerance of the last 200 years has been the result of political and religious mistakes made during that earlier period, even though this was an era of reform and reconstruction within all the main religious groupings in Ireland.


Introduction
1. The Religious Development of Ireland 1560-1770
2. The Non-Religious Background to Religious Reforms in Ireland 1770-1850
3. The Religious Leadership of Ireland 1770-1850
4. Pastoral Care and Public Worship in Ireland 1770-1850
5. Ecclesiastical Reform in Action: Some Diocesan and Presbytery Case Studies
6. Church Building and Restoration in Ireland 1770-1850
7. Theological Developments and Ecumenical Relations 1770-1850

Nigel Yates is Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Wales, Lampeter, and Director of the University Research Centre and Provincial Archives Adviser to the Church in Wales