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Broken Faith : Why Hope Matters.
Title:
Broken Faith : Why Hope Matters.
Author:
Claffey, Patrick.
ISBN:
9783035304831
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (327 pages)
Series:
Studies in Theology, Society and Culture ; v.10

Studies in Theology, Society and Culture
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Documents and Abbreviations -- Patrick Claffey Broken Faith and the Search for Hope -- Patrick McCafferty "A Cry from the Depths" -- Bernadette Fahy "Suffer Little Children" -- Dáire Keogh Between Hagiography and Horror -- John L. Allen Jr Between Reform and Realism -- Marie Keenan Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church -- Michael Cronin Fear and Loathing in the Republic: Why Hope Matters -- Lynn M. Levo Revising Our Understanding of Being Sexual -- Geraldine Smyth OP What Lies Beneath -- Thomas R. Whelan Culture of Clericalism -- Kieran O'Mahony St Paul, Mentor for a Recovering Church? -- Gerard Mannion An Acute Symptom of a Much Deeper Malaise -- Gerry O'Hanlon Re-Building Trust -- Joe Egan Renewing a Faith that Is Broken -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
This book is a theological reflection on the broken state of faith within the Catholic Church in Ireland following more than two decades of revelations about institutional and child sexual abuse and the Church's now acknowledged failure to respond to the abuse in an appropriate way. The result has been broken lives, broken faith and a broken church. While the book has a theological purpose, it employs a see-judge-act methodology in attempting to come to terms with a very complex problem. Following a broad introduction, the first section sets out to listen to the voices of the victims. The second section consists of an interdisciplinary academic analysis, with significant input from psychology and also from history and social studies. The final section of the book engages in theology, seeking to place us in a Kairos moment that might allow us to look beyond our broken faith. This, however, requires an analysis of the theological misunderstandings that led to the aberration of clericalism, the resulting abuse of power and the wider malaise within the Church. St Paul is suggested as a «mentor», as we seek to restore trust and rebuild the Church in a radically new way. The book ultimately seeks a renewal of our broken faith, searching for trajectories towards healing and wholeness, truth and reconciliation.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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