The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Modern Ireland (Oxford Handbooks)

What 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, including the rise of those with 'no religion'. Written by leading scholars in the field and emerging researchers with new perspectives, this is an authoritative and up-to-date volume that offers a wide-ranging and comprehensive survey of the enduring significance of religion on the island. Cover THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF RELIGION IN MODERN IRELAND Copyright Acknowledgements Contents List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Religion in Modern Ireland Part I: Religion, Politics, and Society, 1800–​1922 1. Beyond Teleology: Religious and Political Identities Before the Irish Revolution 2. Churches, the State, and Politics, 1800–​1922: An Overview 3. Catholic Ireland and the Devotional Revolution 4. Protestant Ireland: Variety and Vitality, 1800–​1914 5. The Supernatural, Magic, and Religion 6. Science and Religion Before and After Darwin 7. Literature and Religion, 1798–​1923 8. Religion, Gender, and Sexuality in Ireland, 1800–​1922 Part II: Religion, Politics, and Society, 1922–​1968 9. The Catholic Church and the Irish State, 1916–​1973 10. Northern Ireland: A Protestant State? 11. Irish Catholic Culture Before and After Vatican II 12. Catholics in Northern Ireland, 1921–​1969 13. Changing Protestant Identity in Southern Ireland, 1922–​1970s 14. Protestant Religion in Northern Ireland to 1980 15. Religion and Education in Southern Ireland 16. Religion and Education in Northern Ireland 17. Religion, Gender, and Sexuality, 1922–​1968 18. Religion and Broadcasting in the Two Irelands Part III: Religion, Politics, and Society, 1968–​2023 19. Ireland After Secularization 20. Religious Demography, Identification, and Practice: Change over Time 21. Being Catholic in Ireland 22. The Abuse Crises in the Irish Christian Churches 23. Religion and Law in Ireland and Northern Ireland Since 1968 24. Sectarianism and Conflict 25. The Religion and Politics of Paisleyism 26. Catholic Responses to Violence in Northern Ireland 27. Christian Realism and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland 28. New Religious Movements 29. Paganism 30. Minority Religions and Immigration in Ireland 31. Religion and Memory in Modern Ireland 32. The Rise of ‘No Religion’ Index