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Hope and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
Ronald Wells
出版
Liffey Press
, 2010
主題
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
Political Science / Civil Rights
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / Peace
Psychology / Interpersonal Relations
Religion / Institutions & Organizations
ISBN
190578581X
9781905785810
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NKUF8Q-ax0IC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
: This book is about those people in institutions of civil society in Ireland who are working to imagine and work for a new and peaceful future for Northern Ireland. One feature of the book is that it begins with an orientation about the discussions among scholars and activists about 'forgiveness', 'history and memory' and 'reconciliation'. With that essential context made, the book delineates and explicates the work of the various organisations that are on the forefront in creating a new future that will supplant the past that brought 'the Troubles' to Northern Ireland. Most of the entities examined are church or parachurch organizations. The two exceptions are important: Healing Through Remembering and the Consultative Group on the Past. While the last two named are not religious in foundation, they are nevertheless important in discussing the highly moral task of creating a renewed society in Northern Ireland. The view of the book is that hope for a new beginning, however guarded and tentative, is possible for the long-suffering Northern Irish people.