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Problems Common to both Protestant and Catholic Churches in Eighteenth-Century Ireland

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Irish Culture and Nationalism, 1750–1950

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The problems which confronted the Irish Church came from three different sources: the international problems created by the attack on Christianity itself inherent in the philosophies of the Age of Reason; the national problems created by a minority established Church and a country divided not only by religion but also by race and languages; while at a local level all the Churches were confronted with the persistence of pre-Christian beliefs and the hold which these exerted over the people.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Australia

    Oliver MacDonagh (Professor of History) (Professor of History)

  2. Canberra College, Australia

    W. F. Mandle (Head of the School of Liberal Studies) (Head of the School of Liberal Studies)

  3. Australian National University, Australia

    Pauric Travers (Doctorate) (Doctorate)

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Johnston, E.M. (1983). Problems Common to both Protestant and Catholic Churches in Eighteenth-Century Ireland. In: MacDonagh, O., Mandle, W.F., Travers, P. (eds) Irish Culture and Nationalism, 1750–1950. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17129-3_2

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