Catholic Sisters, Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland, 1968-2008

Briege Rafferty (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-71584-1 (ISBN)

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This book offers an in-depth study of Catholic sisters in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, covering the period 1968-2008 from the outbreak of conflict into the era of peace. It investigates the experiences of sisters as they negotiated a changing religious and social landscape alongside the demands of a hierarchical institutional structure and visceral, incessant violence. Drawing on interviews with sisters from eleven religious institutes, the author examines the challenging ministries of those who were educators, nurses, parish sisters and peacemakers, and places their activism within the context of Catholic social teaching, and their response to the call of Vatican II (1962-1965) to ‘read the signs of the time’ and ‘aid humanity effectively’. Engaging in debate surrounding oral testimony, identity, feminism and trauma, life stories are integrated into the cultural and political climate in which the sisters lived and worked, exposing the complexities of societies at war and the personal and social transformation that comes with peace. The book enriches our understanding of religious life in Northern Ireland during the latter part of the twentieth century and will be of interest to scholars of Catholic studies, peace and conflict studies, oral history, gender studies, and Irish studies.

Briege Rafferty (PhD Queen’s University Belfast) is a Fellow of Las Casas Institute for Social Justice at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, UK where she is involved with the Women Religious Project.

Introduction 1. Catholic sisters: through the lens of history 2. Catholic sisters and social activism in Northern Ireland 3. Catholic sisters and education in Northern Ireland 4. Catholic sisters and health care in Northern Ireland 5. Catholic sisters and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland Conclusion Appendix: Short biographies of sister participants Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.6.2026
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Religion
Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, black and white; 17 Halftones, black and white; 17 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-71584-7 / 1032715847
ISBN-13	978-1-032-71584-1 / 9781032715841
Zustand	Neuware