Anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland, 1600-1998

Description

This book provides an authoritative and topical assessment of four centuries of religious strife in Northern Ireland and presents proposals for better intercommunity relations in the future. Anti-Catholicism forms part of the dynamics to Northern Ireland's conflict and is critical to the self-defining identity of certain Protestants. However, anti-Catholicism is as much a sociology process as a theological dispute. It was given a Scriptural underpinning in the history of Protestant-Catholic relations in Ireland, and wider British-Irish relations, in order to reinforce social divisions between the religious communities and to offer a deterministic belief system to justify them. The book examines the socio-economic and political processes that have led to theology being used in social closure and stratification between the seventeenth century and the present day. -- Publisher description

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Other Editions

• Anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland, 1600-1998: The Mote and the BeamHardcoverPalgrave Macmillan1999-09-04
• Anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland, 1600-1998St. Martin's Press1998-01-01
• Anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland, 1600-1998Palgrave Macmillan Limited1998-01-01