Power from the Periphery? ‘Extra-Institutional Religion’ and the Prospects for Change: Insights from the Life of Fr Gerry Reynolds

This article develops the concept of ‘extra-institutional religion,’ which was first introduced in the 2016 book Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland. It describes how the author’s research for a biography of Fr Gerry Reynolds, a Redemptorist based in Belfast’s Clonard Monastery during the Troubles, h...

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Main Author: Daniel, Gladys (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2019
In: Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Pages: 16-34
Further subjects:B Redemptorists
B religious markets
B Extra-institutional religion
B Ireland
B Ecumenism
B the Troubles
B Peacemaking
B Northern Ireland
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