The accruement of crises over the last two decades, with their particular manifestations in the European context, has evoked the feeling of living in exceptional times, as captured in the recurrent claim that we live in the "age of anxiety." The main aim of this collection is to analyse, from a multidisciplinary perspective, the causes and consequences of the current dominance of the discourse of fear, anxiety, and crisis through the experience of distinct and often interdependent moral panics in twenty-first-century Europe. With its multidisciplinary approach, this volume sheds light on the need to view the interrelationship between different crises and their associated affects as crucial in attaining a more nuanced understanding of the aetiology and effects of the current "age of anxiety." This multidisciplinary scrutiny of the interrelationship of twenty-first-century fears, anxiety and crises signals an original engagement with these complex phenomena in order to make their emergence and profound effects on contemporary society more comprehensible. The timeliness of the thematic focus and the rigorous in-depth analyses make this collection relevant to students and academics within the fields of sociology, literary and cultural studies, political science and anthropology, as well as to those in European studies and global studies.

Since the end of the nineteenth century, Ireland has witnessed a profound reconfiguration of its cultural, political, constitutional and religious identities, resulting in an unparalleled questioning of the dominant discourses and narratives that have seemingly defined the nation. The essays in this collection examine the ways in which established Irish socio-cultural structures of authority and their constructs of collective identity have been challenged within literary and cultural discourses of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Every challenge to the purported wisdom of these authority structures adds a new facet to the complexity of Irish national identity and contributes to the continuous evolution of the 'New Ireland', a phrase often used to signify the momentous transformations of the country in times of change.

This is the story of Billy Gray. A gifted privileged person whose priorities became estranged from the spirit filled world and entangled in the affairs of man. But God, the ever patient King, continued to abide within, until a heart was broken and restored to fellowship. At this point God became a light unto his feet. First evangelizing in prison and then being led to a world wide ministry that includes 5 continents. There is victory in Jesus. Billy Gray has experienced most every venue of life. Raised in a Christian home, but given privileges exceeding the families' resources. From dinning with the elite of Washington in private rooms in the Capital to a prison cell, known by a number rather than a name. In prison he staggered not at the promises of God, and for the past 28 years has evangelized in the slums of Calcutta to pristine edifices of North America.

Some of Billy Grays stories are funny, some sad but all come to the moral conclusion that good ( God) is triumphant over evil. Some stories are taken from his courtroom experiences in a somber setting but with a comical twist. Others you will see inside of a penitentiary as never before seen and still others, men called of God to their profession whether it be preaching or coaching.

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