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The Best Catholics in the World: The Irish, the Church and the End of a Special Relationship
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The Best Catholics in the World: The Irish, the Church and the End of a Special Relationship

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A compelling account of why Ireland was so very Catholic for so long, why that changed - and what remains now that the special relationship has ended

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.

The Best Catholics in the World is Scally’s response - an empathetic and engaging voyage into the story of Irish Catholicism- why the Church had a unique hold on the Irish; what went wrong; and how the Irish are facing - or not facing - a relationship that was dysfunctional in many respects.

Researched over two years, and including dozens of interviews conducted in Ireland and further afield, The Best Catholics in the World is a lively, original, moving and thought-provoking account of a country grappling with its troubling past and confusing present.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
18 March 2021
Pages
352
ISBN
9781844885268

A compelling account of why Ireland was so very Catholic for so long, why that changed - and what remains now that the special relationship has ended

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.

The Best Catholics in the World is Scally’s response - an empathetic and engaging voyage into the story of Irish Catholicism- why the Church had a unique hold on the Irish; what went wrong; and how the Irish are facing - or not facing - a relationship that was dysfunctional in many respects.

Researched over two years, and including dozens of interviews conducted in Ireland and further afield, The Best Catholics in the World is a lively, original, moving and thought-provoking account of a country grappling with its troubling past and confusing present.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
18 March 2021
Pages
352
ISBN
9781844885268