Breaking enmities
Subtitle: religion, literature, and culture in Northern Ireland, 1967-97
By: Patrick Grant.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism; Christianity and literature -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century; Literature and anthropology -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century; Authors, Irish -- Homes and haunts -- Northern Ireland; Religion and literature -- History -- 20th century; Social conflict in literature; Northern Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Description: "This book makes an original contribution to the study of modern Northern Ireland by examining the complex relationships among religion, literature and ethnicity since 1967. Patrick Grant focuses on a contradiction within sectarianism between the Christian injunction to love one's enemies, and the scapegoating, stereotyping and mirror oppositions that result from an annexation of religion to ethnic exclusivism. In general, a 'post-critical' view of religion is offered, welcoming the critique provided by secularism and maintaining that the varieties of imagination - whether literary or religious - can be liberative and mutually supporting."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.