1st Edition

Catholic Social Teaching and Theologies of Peace in Northern Ireland Cardinal Cahal Daly and the Pursuit of the Peaceable Kingdom

By Maria Power Copyright 2021
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

This book investigates the response of the Catholic Church in Northern Ireland to the conflict in the region during the late Twentieth Century. It does so through the prism of the writings of Cardinal Cahal Daly (1917-2009), the only member of the hierarchy to serve as a bishop throughout the entire conflict.   This book uses the prolific writings of Cardinal Daly to create a vision of the... Read more

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Defining the Peaceable Kingdom

2 The Church as Peaceable Kingdom

3 Social and Economic Justice

4 Political Justice

5 Direct Violence

Conclusion

Bibliography

Biography

Maria Power is a Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford where she is the Director of the Human Dignity Project at the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice.