Irish Religious Conflict in Comparative Perspective [electronic resource] : Catholics, Protestants and Muslims /
Wolffe, John.author.
Wolffe, John,editor of compilation.
By setting the Irish religious conflict in a wide comparative perspective, this book offers fresh insights into the causes of religious conflicts, and potential means of resolving them. The collection mounts a challenge to views of 'Irish exceptionalism' and points to significant historical and contemporary commonalities across the Western world.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Analysing Religious Conflict; Part I: Ireland; 1 'A Solid and United Phalanx'? Protestant Churches and the Ulster Covenant, 1912-2012; 2 Social Structure and Religious Division: Comparing the Form of Religious Distinction in the Two Irish States; 3 Can Churches Contribute to Post-Violence Reconciliation and Reconstruction? Insights and Applications from Northern Ireland; 4 'Alternative Ulster': Punk Rock as a Means of Overcoming the Religious Divide in Northern Ireland
Part II: European Comparisons5 The Case against Northern Ireland Exceptionalism: the 'Academy', Religion and Politics; 6 Churches and Communal Violence in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: a Comparison of Ireland and Scotland; 7 Protestant-Catholic Conflict and Nationalism in German and Irish Historical Narratives; 8 Comparing Protestant-Catholic Conflict in France and Ireland: the Significance of the Ethnic and Colonial Dimension; Part III: Anti-Catholicism, Muslimsand Islamophobia; 9 The Multiculturalism Backlash and the Mainstreaming of Islamophobia Post-9/11
10 Muslims in Britain: Researching and Addressing Conflict in a Post-Secular City11 Religion, De-traditionalization and Backlashes against Multiculturalism in Northern Europe: a Comparison of Dutch, Northern Irish and English Cases (2001-11); 12 New Variation, Old Theme: Parallels between Islamophobia and Anti-Catholicism in the United States; Conclusion: Overcoming 'Religious' Conflict: History and Practice; Select Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
By setting the Irish religious conflict in a wide comparative perspective, this book offers fresh insights into the causes of religious conflicts, and potential means of resolving them. The collection mounts a challenge to views of 'Irish exceptionalism' and points to significant historical and contemporary commonalities across the Western world.
Religion—History.
Civilization—History.
Philosophy.
Great Britain—History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
History of Religion.
Cultural History.
History of Philosophy.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Modern History.
Social History.