On Friday evening in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, a book of essays to mark the 150th anniversary of disestablishment was launched. The Archbishop of Dublin presided and the Archbishop of Armagh was the principal speaker.
Irish Anglicanism, 1969–2019: Essays to Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland has been edited by Dr Kenneth Milne, the Historiographer of the Church of Ireland, and Dr Paul Harron, former Church of Ireland Press Officer.
Published by Four Courts Press, the title consciously harks back to Irish Anglicanism, 1869–1969, edited by Fr Michael Hurley SJ and published by Allen Figgis, to mark the centenary of disestablishment. However, while Fr Hurley’s book consisted of essays by writers from outside the Church of Ireland, this new volume is a series of reflections largely by those within the Church on the last fifty years.
A foreword by the Archbishop of Armagh is followed by twenty essays on history, worship, music, ministry, ecumenism, law, politics, architecture, education, and much more, with 24 pages of illustrations.
Another launch will be held in Belfast Cathedral, on 3 December.
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