This book is a theological reflection on the broken state of faith and of the Catholic Church in Ireland, following more than two decades of revelations of institutional and child sexual abuse and the Church’s now acknowledged failure to respond to the abuse in an appropriate way. This has resulted in broken lives, broken faith and a broken church.

This book explores the concept of reconciliation from a theological point of view, presenting a new model of the theology of reconciliation within the context of Northern Ireland. Through the use of narrative research, it aims to give a voice to those peacebuilders who are using reconciliation as a common theme within the Northern Irish context.