Everyday evangelicals: life in a religious subculture after the Agreement
In: Everyday Life After the Irish Conflict, S. 68-82
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In: Everyday Life After the Irish Conflict, S. 68-82
In: Journal of peace research, Band 45, S. 419-436
ISSN: 0022-3433
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In: Peace and Conflict Studies, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 115
In: Journal of peace research, Band 45, Heft 3, S. 419-436
ISSN: 1460-3578
Since 11 September 2001, the religious dimension of conflict has been the focus of increasing attention. In The Clash of Civilizations, Huntington has identified the West in religious—cultural terms, as Christian with a dominant democratic culture emphasizing tolerance, moderation and consensus. The persistence of conflict in Northern Ireland among `White' Protestant and Catholic Christians undermines this simplistic argument and demands a more subtle understanding of the role of religion and fundamentalism in contemporary conflict. Modernization theory — which is echoed among some theorists of globalization — had predicted the declining importance of religion as the world became industrialized and increasingly interconnected. This is echoed by those who argue that the Northern Ireland conflict is `ethno-national' and dismiss the role of religion. On the other hand, others have claimed that the conflict is religious and stress the role of Protestant fundamentalism. This article draws on new evidence from Northern Ireland of the complex and subtle ways in which religion impacts on the conflict there, incorporating insights about the pragmatism of fundamentalist Protestants and how religious actors are contributing to conflict transformation. This analysis leads to three broader conclusions about understanding conflicts with religious dimensions. First, the complexity of religion must be understood, and this includes a willingness to recognize the adaptability of fundamentalisms to particular contexts. Second, engaging with fundamentalists and taking their grievances seriously opens up possibilities for conflict transformation. Third, governments and religious actors within civil society can play complementary roles in constructing alternative (religious) ideologies and structures as part of a process of transformation. In a world in which the impact of religion is persistent, engaging with the religious dimension is a vital part of a broader-based strategy for dealing with conflict.
In: Peace and conflict studies
ISSN: 1082-7307
This paper analyses the Democratic Unionist Party"s (DUP) discourses about paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland. Drawing on narrative analysis of DUP discourses reported in Northern Ireland"s largest unionist newspaper, the News Letter (1998–2006), it explores the relationship between the party"s identity, its discourses about republican and loyalist paramilitaries, and the impact of these words on the DUP"s electoral success and on the peace process. The paper argues that these discourses may haunt the progress of peace-building, not least because the DUP will find it hard to disentangle itself from a history of scepticism and nay-saying even as it takes a leading role in a devolved Executive designed by an Agreement it long-scorned.
In: Journal of peace research, Band 45, Heft 3, S. 419-436
ISSN: 0022-3433
In: Religion and the Social Order
In: Religion and the Social Order Ser. v.24
This book explores the role of religion in times of personal, political, and social crisis in Europe and beyond. Its fresh perspectives on religion, modernity and the nation-state demonstrate the complexity and ambivalence of religion's role in the contemporary world
In: Politics & policy, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 747-757
ISSN: 1747-1346
Using a 3X2 experimental design, this research examines political candidate image as a function of candidate gender and involvement in a sex or financial scandal. One hundred fifty students from college classes in continuing education were given candidate descriptions that varied only by gender of candidate and involvement in a sex scandal, financial scandal, or no scandal. Respondents gave candidates involved in scandal lower character scores. Both male and female candidates received lower character scores in the presence of a financial scandal than in the presence of a sex scandal, but counter to expectations, female candidates received significantly higher character scores in the presence of a sex scandal.
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Band 46, Heft 1, S. 159-166
ISSN: 1469-8684
In: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz supplement 111