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Religion, ethnicity, and social change / Liz Fawcett ; foreword by Eileen Barker ; consultant editor, Jo Campling.
LIBRA BL65.E75 F39 2000
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Van Pelt Library BL65.E75 F39 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fawcett, Liz, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnicity--Religious aspects.
- Ethnicity.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- In this original contribution to the debate on the role of religion in ethnic conflict, the author argues that the recent focus on religious fundamentalism has obscured the ambiguous role of "mainstream" Western religion. The book examines the relationship between the religious and secular spheres at a time of rapid transition in South Africa and Northern Ireland. It analyzes the role of mainstream Protestantism as a site of struggle between competing world views and explains why this contest limits the potential of the church as a force for reconciliation.
- Contents:
- Religion and Ethnicity 3
- Religion and the Mobilisation of Ethnic Sentiment 7
- Civil Religion 9
- Religion in the Cultural Mainstream 10
- 1 Under Siege: A Brief History of Afrikaners and Ulster Presbyterians 15
- Race and Religion as Ethnic Markers 16
- The Afrikaner Experience 20
- The Ulster Presbyterian Experience 30
- Afrikaners and Ulster Presbyterians: The Parallels 39
- 2 Setting the Scene: Afrikaners and Ulster Presbyterians in the Early 1990s 47
- South Africa 47
- Northern Ireland 52
- The Significance of the Church in the Fieldwork Congregations 55
- 3 Fear, Insecurity and Alienation 59
- Uncertainty, Insecurity and Threat 61
- Alienation 64
- 'They're Taking our Jobs' 69
- Collective Identity 74
- 4 Civil Religion: Symbolic Resources and Social Change 81
- Afrikaner Nationalism Redefined 81
- The Orange Order 88
- Civil Religion and Politics: Drumcree 95
- 5 The Church as Volkskerk: A Church of 'The People' or a Church for All? 103
- The PCI and the Orange Order 103
- The DRC and Civil Religion 111
- Speaking Out 114
- 6 Church and Politics: The Interrelationship between the Religious and Political Spheres 123
- The Mainstream Role of the PCI and the DRC 123
- Discourses of Change versus Discourses of Continuity 126
- Communication Between Hierarchy and Laity 129
- Clergy and Politics 131
- The Discourse of Separation between Church and Politics 135
- 7 The Church as 'Conciliator': The Difficult Task of Bridge-Building 142
- Reaching Out 145
- 'Mission' Efforts and the Discourse of Colonialism 147
- Worship as a 'Boundary Marker' 150
- Joining Together 153
- The Role of the Minister 158
- Evangelicalism and Cross-Community Projects 161
- Intergroup Initiatives and Apathy 164
- 8 Different Worlds: Rural-Urban and Social Class Divisions 167
- Boundary-Making in the Rural Congregations 168
- Accommodating to the Mainstream 174
- The Working-Class Congregations 176
- Civil Religion 181
- Identity and Discourse 183
- The Church as Part of the Mainstream 185
- Broader Implications 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312225679
- OCLC:
- 41231338
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