Irish Religious Conflict in Comparative Perspective: Catholics, Protestants and Muslims

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: Analysing Religious Conflict....Pages 1-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
‘A Solid and United Phalanx’? Protestant Churches and the Ulster Covenant, 1912–2012....Pages 23-41
Social Structure and Religious Division: Comparing the Form of Religious Distinction in the Two Irish States....Pages 42-58
Can Churches Contribute to Post-Violence Reconciliation and Reconstruction? Insights and Applications from Northern Ireland....Pages 59-75
‘Alternative Ulster’: Punk Rock as a Means of Overcoming the Religious Divide in Northern Ireland....Pages 76-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
The Case against Northern Ireland Exceptionalism: the ‘Academy’, Religion and Politics....Pages 93-106
Churches and Communal Violence in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: a Comparison of Ireland and Scotland....Pages 107-128
Protestant-Catholic Conflict and Nationalism in German and Irish Historical Narratives....Pages 129-145
Comparing Protestant-Catholic Conflict in France and Ireland: the Significance of the Ethnic and Colonial Dimension....Pages 146-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
The Multiculturalism Backlash and the Mainstreaming of Islamophobia Post-9/11....Pages 169-190
Muslims in Britain: Researching and Addressing Conflict in a Post-Secular City....Pages 191-205
Religion, De-traditionalization and Backlashes against Multiculturalism in Northern Europe: a Comparison of Dutch, Northern Irish and English Cases (2001–11)....Pages 206-225
New Variation, Old Theme: Parallels between Islamophobia and Anti-Catholicism in the United States....Pages 226-241
Conclusion: Overcoming ‘Religious’ Conflict: History and Practice....Pages 242-260
Back Matter....Pages 261-280