Two Thousand Years of Christianity and Ireland: Lectures Delivered in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, 2001-2002

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The Reformation period is dealt with by Colm Lennon in his essay on its implementation and on the Counter-Reformation which ensued. For the modern period, James Kelly addresses the topic of the Ascendancy and the Penal laws, while Andrew Pierce examines theological and ecclesiastical developments of the nineteenth century. In the final essay, which focuses particularly on ecumenism, Ferdinand von Prondzynski discusses the challenges facing the Irish churches in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. No single volume can claim to be a definitive history of two thousand years of Christianity, but this collection of essays provides an accessible introduction to the topic from an Irish perspective. In a world ever more polarised by religious conflict, one modest hope of this book is that it would encourage the inquisitive non-specialist to delve further into the myriad complexities of over two millennia of religious history and culture.