Love's Betrayal

This book provides a detailed analysis of the decline of Catholicism and the almost simultaneous surge of new religious movements in Ireland during the second half of the twentieth century. It argues that the Church's authoritarian regime was fostering interest in alternative spiritualities for decades before the abuse scandals of the 1990s.

Autorentext

Peter Mulholland holds a PhD in social and cultural anthropology from Maynooth University. He has published papers on Marian apparitions in the Republic and sectarian parades in his hometown of Portadown, in Northern Ireland. He initiated the first multidisciplinary academic conference on new religious movements in Ireland and co-edited the essay collection Ireland s New Religious Movements (2011).

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CONTENTS: The Winds of Change Man Turned God The Civilising Mission The Civilising Offensive Beating the Devil The Birthpangs of a New Civilisation The Brink of Apocalypse Attachment and Atonement Conclusions: Psyche and Circumstances.