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100			_aAcheson, Alan _92014
245			_aA history of the Church of Ireland 1691 - 1996
260			_aDublin _bColumba Press _c1977
300			_a295p hardback
500			_aThe comprehensive volume traces the experience of the Church of Ireland from the 1690s: as the Established Church until 1870, and through 125 years as an independent Irish institution. Beginning with the vigorous life of the Church after the Williamite Wars, the author describes the long Georgian century, assesses the 'English interest' in the Church, its role in Irish society and its relations with other denominations. He examines both the extent to which the Caroline tradition persisted in the Georgian era, and the Church's parlous condition in the late eighteenth century after that influence waned. He explores often neglected facets of Georgian Church life: its distinctive architecture and energetic church building, its theology and lay-directed charity, its Episcopal and clerical personalities, and its relations with Methodism. Finally, he explores the great recovery around the Act of Union (1800) and the influences of reforming bishops and evangelical revival.
650			_aChurch History _92015
650			_aChurch _92016
650			_aEra _92017
650			_aGeorgian Church _92018
650			_aHistory _9112
650			_aIreland _9113
650			_aReligion _986
650			_aVictorian Church _92019
650			_aReligion _986
999			_c19337 _d19337