Irish Challenges to Theology

Papers of the Irish Theological Association Conference 1984

Edited by Enda McDonagh

Traditionally the two great preoccupations of Irish people have been religion and politics. Separately they have been their glory; in interaction sometimes their shame. The painful shaming of Irish people and Churches which stems from the disturbances in Northern Ireland called for faith - reflexion on the interaction of religious faith and the Churches with the Irish political situation.