Broken Faith
Subtitle: Why Hope Matters
Publisher: Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9783034309974
Subjects: Church and social problems; Catholic church, ireland; Apologetics; Faith
Description: "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."