God and the Gun: The Church and Irish Terrorism - Hardcover

Dillon, Martin.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0752810375 ISBN 13: 9780752810379

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

Physical description; 244p. Subjects; Violence - Religious aspects - Christianity. Church and state - Northern Ireland. Terrorism - Northern Ireland - History - 20th century. Clergy - Northern Ireland - Attitudes.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book is the first of its kind to examine the role of religion in Northern Ireland by talking directly to those involved: to the churchmen and to the terrorists. It shows how religious conditioning and history lead inexorably to political violence. It asks Roman Catholic and Protestant paramilitaries how they can reconcile murder with their Christian convictions, and what the men of God should - or could - do to stop the killing. Martin Dillon talks to Billy Wright, loyalist hard man, whose murder in MAZE Prison on December 27, 1997 threatens the peace process; to Kenny McClinton, a convicted murderer who once advocated beheading Roman Catholics and impaling their heads on railings; to motherly Eileen, a leading member of the women's arm of the IRA; and to Father Pat Buckley - prepared to break the confessional seal to save a Unionist MP under threat of assassination but also to smuggle a Republican prisoner's wife across the Irish border.

About the Author:

Martin Dillon worked for the BBC in Northern Ireland for eighteen years and has won international acclaim for his non-fiction books about Ireland. A writer and producer of documentaries, Dillon has also been featured in news segments on CNN, ABC News, CBC, and National Public Radio, and is often called on as one of the foremost authorities on global terrorism. Dillon is the author of six bestselling books on terrorism in Northern Ireland. He currently resides in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0752810375
• ISBN 13: 9780752810379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1