Clerical modernisers and the media in Ireland: the journalism of Fr Gerry Reynolds

This article analyses the journalism of Fr Gerry Reynolds in the context of modernisation in Ireland. Identifying Reynolds as a 'clerical moderniser,' it describes two periods in which he devoted a substantial amount of time to journalism: 1962-1975, when he worked for Redemptorist Publica...

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Published in:Contemporary British history 2020-10, Vol.34 (4), p.629-651
Main Author: Ganiel, Gladys
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catholic Church
Catholicism
Catholics
Ecumenism
Ireland
Journalism
Laity
Mass media
media
Modernisation
Modernization
News
Vatican II
Women
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Summary:This article analyses the journalism of Fr Gerry Reynolds in the context of modernisation in Ireland. Identifying Reynolds as a 'clerical moderniser,' it describes two periods in which he devoted a substantial amount of time to journalism: 1962-1975, when he worked for Redemptorist Publications and the Catholic Communications Institute; and 1987-1989, when he wrote a column for Northern Ireland's Irish News. In both periods, Reynolds emphasised Vatican II themes like the priority of individual conscience, laity and women, and ecumenism. It argues that like other clerical modernisers, Reynolds contributed to a cautious modernisation of Irish Catholicism from within.
ISSN:1361-9462
1743-7997
DOI:10.1080/13619462.2020.1779066