Based on interview material with a wide range of Protestant clergy in Northern Ireland, this book examines how Protestant identity impacts on the possibility of peace and stability and argues for greater involvement by the Protestant churches in the transition from conflict to a ‚post-conflict‘ Northern Ireland.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements Introduction Protestant History and Imagination Evangelicalism, Presbyterianism and Protestant Church Identity in Northern Ireland Dealing with Peace through Forgiveness and Reconciliation The Catholic Outlook Ecumenism: A Case Study of the Inter-Church Group on Faith and Politics Christianity in a ‚Post-conflict‘ Northern Ireland Conclusion Bibliography Index
Über den Autor
GRAHAM SPENCER is Reader in Politics, Conflict and the Media at the University of Portsmouth, UK, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He has researched and written extensively on Northern Ireland and has a particular interest in reconciliation, peace and the role of identity in conflict. Previous publications include
Ulster Loyalism after the Good Friday Agreement (co-edited with James W. Mc Auley),
The State of Loyalism in Northern Ireland,
The Media and Peace,
Omagh: Voice of Loss and
Forgiving and Remembering in Northern Ireland.
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