Introduction -- Religious development of Ireland 1560-1770 -- Non-religious background to religious reform in Ireland 1770-1850 -- Religious leadership of Ireland 1770-1850 -- Pastoral care and public worship in Ireland 1770-1850 -- Ecclesiastical reform in action: some diocesan and presbytery case studies -- Church building and restoration in Ireland 1770-1850 -- Theological developments and ecumenical relations 1770-1850 -- Irish religious developments in a British and European context
Summary
Nigel Yates provides a reassessment of the religious state of Ireland between 1770 and 1850. He argues that this was both a period of intense reform across all the major religious groups in Ireland and also one in which the seeds of religious tension were sown
Analysis
Religion
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-386) and index
