Serpent on the Rock by Alice Thomas Ellis
This book is an insightful analysis, from the perspectives of both clergy and laity, of the state of the Catholic Church in southern Ireland today. The book also attempts to unravel some of the moral complexities which have arisen in the wake of Vatican II. The book also offers a reasoned discussion of Catholicism today with partiucular reference to southern Ireland and its myriad social and political issues including the Presidency of Mary Robinson, the Bishop Casey affair, contraception, abortion, women priests and married clergy. Alice Thomas Ellis received a Welsh Council Arts award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize on two occasions.Alice Thomas Ellis (1932-2005) was a well-known British author who lived from 1932 to 2005. The 27th Kingdom, which was nominated for a Booker Prize, and The Inn at the End of the Earth, which won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Fiction in 1991, are two of her dozen novels. She also edited books by Penelope Fitzgerald and Beryl Bainbridge and published several essays by them. She was a Royal Society of Literature Fellow.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340586532 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340586532 |
| Title | Serpent on the Rock |
| Author | Alice Thomas Ellis |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 1994-08-18 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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