The study of religions in Ireland : past, present and future / edited by Brendan McNamara, Hazel O' Brien.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O' Brien, Hazel, editor.

McNamara, Brendan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2022]

Summary:

"This book provides a comprehensive and field-defining examination of the study of religions in Ireland. By bringing together the foremost experts on religions in an Irish context, it critically traces the development of an important field of study and evaluates the thematic threads that have emerged as significant. It thereby offers an assessment of contemporary religions in Ireland and their relationships to society, culture, economics, politics, and the State. Contributors make connections between topics as diverse as Ireland's Revolutionary Period, the formation of the Irish State, the decline of Catholicism, the rise of migrant religions, and the effects of COVID-19 on religions. This book emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the study of religions whilst illustrating the coherent themes that have shaped the development of the field, making it unique."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface / Brendan McNamara (University College Cork, Ireland) and Hazel O' Brien (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)

Part I: Disciplinary Survey of the Study of Religions in Ireland. Introduction / Brian Bocking (Professor Emeritus University College Cork, Ireland) and Alexandra Grieser (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) ; 1. Reflections on Irish Folklore / Sile De Cleir (University of Limerick, Ireland) ; 2. Understanding the Sociology of Religion in Contemporary Ireland / Ganiel Gladys (Queens University, Belfast, UK) ; 3. Tracking Change in Irish Religious Education / Patricia Kieran (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick) ; 4. Maeve's Revolution: Irish Nationalist Women and Religious Innovation in the Revolutionary Period, 1898-1921 / Amy Heath Carpentier (Washington University, USA)

Part II. Themes in the Contemporary Study of Religions in Ireland. 5. A revolution of a different kind: The diminution of the portrayal of Catholicism as a marker of cultural identity in broadcast media / Finola Doyle-O' Neill (University College Cork, Ireland) ; 6. Esotericism, Romantic Nationalism, and the Birth of the Irish State / Jenny Butler (University College Cork, Ireland) ; 7. Affirmations of Irishness: Traversing the Contours of Irish Protestant Identity / Deirdre Nutall (Independent Researcher, Ireland) and Tony Walsh (Maynooth University, Ireland) ; 8. Where to Now for Irish Catholicism? Evaluating the Present and the Future in Light of the Past / Brian Conway (Maynooth University, Ireland) ; 9. Migrant religions and the Irish state / Abel Ugba (University of Leeds, UK) ; 10. New Religious Movements in Ireland: Secularisation or Pluralisation? / Vesna Malesevic (NUI Galway, Ireland) ; 11. Thinking beyond the Island: Buddhism, Ireland and Method in the Study of Religions / Laurence Cox (Maynooth University, Ireland) and Brian Bocking (Professor Emeritus at University College Cork, Ireland)

Postface / Tom Inglis (Professor Emeritus University College Dublin, Ireland)

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-350-29175-7

1-350-29176-5

OCLC:

1295394187