Freedom and the Fifth Commandment - Catholic Priests and Political Violence in Ireland, 191921

Addresses the War of Independence from a new perspective by focusing on the attitude of the Catholic clergy

List of contents

Introduction
Part I: Obeying the law of God
1. In the old groove: traditional political alignments
2. The fifth commandment and the brand of Cain: condemnation from the pulpit
3. Interfering where they shouldn't: interaction with republicans
Part II: Republican priests
4. Sinn Féin priests: support for Sinn Féin, the Dáil and local IRA units
5. Aiding and abetting: priests involved in the IRA campaign
6. Troublesome priests: responses to clerical support for republicanism
Part III: the clergy and the crown
7. Priest and victim: British measures against the clergy
8. The reign of frightfulness: clerical responses to the British campaign
9. Preserving the peace: mediation, relief work and political activism
Epilogue
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Brian Heffernan is a historian of religion who has published on modern Catholicism in Ireland and the Netherlands

Product details

• Authors: Brian Heffernan, Brian Heffernan, Heffernan Brian
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2014
• EAN: 9780719090486
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9048-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, European History, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, History of Religion, British & Irish history, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General