Combining ethnographic research with theological analysis, this book explores how the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR), one of the largest new movements within the global Catholic Church, has developed in contemporary Britain and Northern Ireland.

Keith Chappell lectures in Religion and Society at the University of Leeds, UK. He is also a fellow of the Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Birmingham and is an associate Research Fellow in Science and Religion at Canterbury Christ Church University.

1 Introduction

2 Classifying Charismatic Groups

3 Images of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the UK and Ireland

4 Parish Prayer Groups

5 Charismatic Conferences

6 Conclusion

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Appendix. Prophecies Given at St. Peter's Basilica during the Closing Eucharist on Pentecost Monday-May 1975