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Book SynopsisWhat does religion mean to modern Ireland and what is its recent social and political history? The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Modern Ireland provides in-depth analysis of the relationships between religion, society, politics, and everyday life on the island of Ireland from 1800 to the twenty-first century. Taking a chronological and all-island approach, it explores the complex and changing role of religion both before and after partition. The handbook''s thirty-two chapters address long-standing historical and political debates about religion, identity, and politics, including religion''s contributions to division and violence. They also offer perspectives on how religion interacts with education, the media, law, gender and sexuality, science, literature, and memory. Whilst providing insight into how everyday religious practices have intersected with the institutional structures of Catholicism and Protestantism, the book also examines the island''s increasing religious diversity, i
Trade ReviewA good summation of what has happened in Ireland over the past two and a quarter centuries...The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Ireland is a vital step in understanding the consequences of this process. * Irish Times *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Tables List of Contributors Gladys Ganiel and Andrew R. Holmes: Introduction: Religion in Modern Ireland Part One: Religion, Politics, and Society, 1800-1922 1: S.J. Connolly: Beyond Teleology: Religious and Political Identities Before the Irish Revolution 2: Stewart J. Brown: Churches, the State, and Politics, 1800-1922: An Overview 3: Sarah Roddy: Catholic Ireland and the Devotional Revolution 4: John Wolffe: Protestant Ireland--Variety and Vitality, 1800-1914 5: Andrew Sneddon: The Supernatural, Magic, and Religion 6: Juliana Adelman and Stuart Mathieson: Science and Religion Before and After Darwin 7: Norman Vance: Literature and Religion, 1798-1923 8: Myrtle Hill: Religion, Gender, and Sexuality in Ireland 1800-1922 Part Two: Religion, Politics, and Society, 1922-1968 9: Daithí Ó Corráin: The Catholic Church and the Irish State, 1916-1973 10: Graham Walker: Northern Ireland: A Protestant State? 11: Louise Fuller: Irish Catholic Culture Before and After Vatican II 12: Marianne Elliott: Catholics in Northern Ireland, 1921-1969 13: Ian d'Alton: Changing Protestant Identity in southern Ireland, 1922-1970s 14: Andrew R. Holmes: Protestant Religion in Northern Ireland to 1980 15: Patricia Kieran: Religion and Education in southern Ireland 16: L. Philip Barnes: Religion and Education in Northern Ireland 17: Lindsey Earner-Byrne: Religion, Gender, and Sexuality, 1922-1968 18: Robert J. Savage: Religion and Broadcasting the Two Irelands Part Three: Religion, Politics, and Society, 1968-present 19: Gladys Ganiel: Ireland After Secularisation 20: Malcolm P. A. Macourt: Religious Demography, Identification, and Practice: Change over Time 21: Tom Inglis: Being Catholic in Ireland 22: James Gallen: The Abuse Crises in the Irish Christian Churches 23: Christopher McCrudden, Oran Doyle, and David Kenny: Religion and Law in Ireland and Northern Ireland Since 1968 24: Duncan Morrow and Gladys Ganiel: Sectarianism and Conflict 25: Patrick Mitchel: The Religion and Politics of Paisleyism 26: Margaret M. Scull: Catholic Responses to Violence in Northern Ireland 27: Maria Power: Christian Realism and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland 28: Peter Mulholland and Carles Salazar: New Religious Movements 29: Jenny Butler: Paganism 30: Vladimir Kmec: Minority Religions and Immigration in Ireland 31: Guy Beiner: Religion and Memory in Modern Ireland 32: Hugh Turpin: The Rise of 'No Religion' Index
