The Sectarian Myth in Scotland
Subtitle: Of Bitter Memory and Bigotry
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781403921673
Subjects: Religious conflict; Religious groups; Violence in society; Social Science; Sociology; Sociology - Social Theory; Sociology of Religion; Social Science / Sociology of Religion; Sociology - General; Christianity and politics; Church history; History; Religion and politics; Scotland
Description: "This book offers a systematic and critical engagement with 'sectarianism' in twentieth-century Scotland. Stepping back from the received wisdom regarding Protestant-Catholic relations, it argues that modern Scotland is not characterised by sharp cleavages across religious lines. Differences between Protestant and Catholic in several key areas of Scottish political life have been grossly overplayed - Scotland is by no means 'Ulster without the guns'."--BOOK JACKET.