When God took sides : religion and identity in Ireland - unfinished history / Marianne Elliott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliott, Marianne, 1948- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Ireland.

Catholic Church.

Protestant churches--Ireland--History.

Protestant churches.

Identification (Religion).

Ireland--Religion.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work traces the history of religious identities in Ireland, looking at how Irish Protestants and Irish Catholics have regarded each other and how their view of the opposing side has crucially moulded their sense of what their own community stands for, right up to the Troubles and beyond.

Contents:

Contents; List of Plates; 1. Irish Christians Again; 2. Irishness at the Altar; 3. Protestantism and the Spectre of Popery; 4. The Church of Ireland as Establishment; 5. The 'Outlanders' of Ulster; 6. 'Our Darkest Days': Religious Persecution and Catholic Identity; 7. The Poor are Always with us; the Poor are Always Catholic; 8. 'Beached': Religious Minorities in Partitioned Ireland; Afterword; Notes; Acknowledgements; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03462-1

0-19-166427-8

1-283-58418-2

9786613896636

0-19-166426-X

OCLC:

809043859