Anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland, 1600–1998: The Mote and the Beam

Brewer, J.; Higgins, G.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1998-09-07

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333746349

DOI: 10.1057/9780333995020

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 248