Religion was thought to be part of the problem in Ireland and incapable of turning itself into
part of the solution. Many commentators deny the churches a role in Northern Ireland's …

In Northern Ireland, a once seemingly intractable conflict is in a state of transformation. Lee
A. Smithey offers a grassroots view of that transformation, drawing on interviews …

Why are religious conflicts more violent than non-religious conflicts? Research has argued
that religion pushes partisans toward violence. However, existing research suffers from …

4.7 Protestant views about community benefits from the Agreement, 1998–2010 99 4.8
Catholic views about community benefits from the Agreement, 1998–2010 100 4.9 …

Ending Holy Wars explores how religious dimensions affect the possibilities for conflict
resolution in civil war. This is the first book that systematically tries to map out the religious …

Challenging traditional narrow views, this unique work proposes to rethink and reinterpret
Ulster loyalism from the beginning of the" Troubles" to the present day, by tracing its …

Driven by genocide, civil war, political instabilities, ethnic and pastoral hostilities, the African
Great Lakes Region, primarily Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and …

This article explores church leaders' contributions to public debates about a post-Brexit
island. It analyses the work of Corrymeela and the Irish Council of Churches/Irish Inter …

Much more recent tensions arising in the latter part of 2012 and the early months of 2013
saw Northern Irish society convulsed by a series of widespread demonstrations led onto the …

This chapter analyses Ireland, north and south,'after secularization'. It outlines theoretical
approaches to secularization and explores indicators of secularization in Ireland. It argues …