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Moral monopoly : the rise and fall of the Catholic church in modern Ireland / Tom Inglis.

By: Inglis, Tom.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dublin : University College Dublin Press, 1998Description: vii, 312 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1900621126; 9781900621120.Subject(s): Catholic Church -- Ireland | Catholics -- Ireland | Religion | Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church | Social & cultural history | History of religion | Ethical issues & debates | Ireland -- Church historyDDC classification: 282.415 | 282.415 ING
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
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
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library Ground Floor Main 282.415 ING (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000421044
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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.

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.