Population, Providence and Empire - The Churches and Emigration From Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Roddy is Lecturer in Irish History in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at the University of Manchester Klappentext Over seven million people left Ireland over the course of the nineteenth century. This book is the first to put that huge population change in its religious context, by asking how the Irish Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian churches responded to mass emigration. Did they facilitate it, object to it, or limit it? Were the three Irish churches themelves changed by this demographic upheaval?Focusing on the effects of emigration on Ireland rather than its diaspora, and merging two of the most important phenomena in the story of modern Ireland - mass emigration and religious change - this study offers new insights into both nineteenth-century Irish history and historical migration studies in general. Its five thematic chapters lead to a conclusion that, on balance, emigration determined the churches' fates to a far greater extent than the churches determined emigrants' fates. Zusammenfassung Over seven million people left Ireland over the course of the nineteenth century. This book is the first to put that huge population change in its religious context, by asking how the Irish Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian churches responded to mass emigration. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPART I1. Talk of population: the clergy and emigration in principle2. The emigrant's friend?: the clergy and emigration in practice3. 'Scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd': the pastoral responses of the Irish churches to emigrationPART II4. The battlefield against popery: emigration and sectarian rivalry5. The spiritual empire at home: emigration and the spread of Irish religious influenceConclusionSelect bibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sarah Roddy, Roddy Sarah
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2014
• EAN: 9780719090196
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9019-6
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Texts in Culture; Texts in Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Christianity, Ireland, History of Religion, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Church history, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples