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Gladys Ganiel. Considering Grace

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Gladys Ganiel is a sociologist of religion at Queen’s University Belfast. Her previous books include Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland; Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland; Unity Pilgrim: The Life of Fr Gerry Reynolds CSsR; and The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity, with Gerardo Marti.

Jamie Yohanis’s background is in theology and education with a particular interest in the intersection of confessional faith and state-funded education, the field in which he conducted his doctoral studies. Professionally, Jamie has worked as an RE teacher and now works in an educational capacity with service users within the criminal justice system.

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First Limavady was David’s first post after serving an assistantship in Carrickfergus. He was an evangelical, and he threw himself into his duties. He also became a chaplain in nearby Magilligan prison.

I found there was absolutely no difference in the UVF and IRA prisoners. I couldn’t say one was worse than the other. I was in the cells with Catholic prisoners and I was not ever wanting to make them into Prods [Protestants]. There were people writing to me and saying, ‘David, it’s lovely the way the Catholic prisoners listen to you. I hope you’re saving them into the Protestant church.’ I was saying, ‘No, even though I’m an evangelical Christian, my duty is to love people and not make them into me.’ So people felt like you’ve fallen down in your job for not ‘saving’ Catholics.

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