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The Best Catholics in the World: The Irish, the Church and the ending of a special relationship

When Berlin-based journalist Derek Scally goes to the Christmas Vigil Mass on a visit home to Dublin, the once-packed suburban church where he was altar boy is quiet and ageing like its congregants. The dwindling power of the Church in Ireland is undeniable. Scally sees that the Irish are dealing with just as great a shock to their sense of collective identity as the East Germans after the fall of Communism.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 352
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-1-84488-441-4
  • EAN
  • 9781844884414
  • Release date
  • 2021