Encyclopaedia of Irish Spirituality

Ms Jestice is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southern Mississippi and her work especially focuses on the history of religion. “Accommodation”, she states in her preface, “is the theme of this encyclopaedia: how the Irish have adapted, revived and reinterpreted the past to create a uniquely Irish spirituality”. She “has tried to include the most familiar issues, places and figures of Irish religious history”. She is not specific about the readership she is aiming at but it seems likely to be North Americans of Irish origin rather than academics or libraries.

In the introduction Professor Jestice...