Irish Religious Conflict in Comparative Perspective

Chapter 1 Introduction: Analysing Religious Conflict

Chapter 2 ‘A Solid and United Phalanx’? Protestant Churches and the Ulster Covenant, 1912–2012

Chapter 3 Social Structure and Religious Division: Comparing the Form of Religious Distinction in the Two Irish States

Chapter 4 Can Churches Contribute to Post-Violence Reconciliation and Reconstruction? Insights and Applications from Northern Ireland

Chapter 5 ‘Alternative Ulster’: Punk Rock as a Means of Overcoming the Religious Divide in Northern Ireland

Chapter 6 The Case against Northern Ireland Exceptionalism: the ‘Academy’, Religion and Politics

Chapter 7 Churches and Communal Violence in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: a Comparison of Ireland and Scotland

Chapter 8 Protestant-Catholic Conflict and Nationalism in German and Irish Historical Narratives

Chapter 9 Comparing Protestant-Catholic Conflict in France and Ireland: the Significance of the Ethnic and Colonial Dimension

Chapter 10 The Multiculturalism Backlash and the Mainstreaming of Islamophobia Post-9/11

Chapter 11 Muslims in Britain: Researching and Addressing Conflict in a Post-Secular City

Chapter 12 Religion, De-traditionalization and Backlashes against Multiculturalism in Northern Europe: a Comparison of Dutch, Northern Irish and English Cases (2001–11)

Chapter 13 New Variation, Old Theme: Parallels between Islamophobia and Anti-Catholicism in the United States

Chapter 14 Conclusion: Overcoming ‘Religious’ Conflict: History and Practice