Full Description
Based on interview material with a wide range of Protestant clergy in Northern Ireland, this book examines how Protestant identity impacts on the possibility of peace and stability and argues for greater involvement by the Protestant churches in the transition from conflict to a 'post-conflict' Northern Ireland.
Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction Protestant History and Imagination Evangelicalism, Presbyterianism and Protestant Church Identity in Northern Ireland Dealing with Peace through Forgiveness and Reconciliation The Catholic Outlook Ecumenism: A Case Study of the Inter-Church Group on Faith and Politics Christianity in a 'Post-conflict' Northern Ireland Conclusion Bibliography Index