Ethnicity and Religion

Informationen zum Autor Joseph Ruane isProfessor at theDepartment of Sociology! University College Cork. Heis a historical sociologist who has written extensively on Irish historical development! the Northern Ireland conflict and settlement! and on Protestant minorities in contemporary Europe. Jennifer Todd isProfessor atand Director of the Institute for British Irish Studies at theSchool of Politics and International Relations! University College Dublin. Shehas written extensively on the Northern Ireland conflict and settlement! and more generally on issues of identity (including ethno-national identity) and identity change. Zusammenfassung This book uses case studies from Ireland to France, Malaysia to Zimbabwe to evaluate the ways in which ordinary people construct their solidarities and identities in subtle and powerful ways using both ethnic and religious resources. This book was published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Ethnicity and Religion: Redefining the Research AgendaJoseph Ruane and Jennifer Todd 2.The Situational Importance of Ethnicity and Religion in Ghana Arnim Langer 3. Legible Pluralism: The Politics of Ethnic and Religious Identification in MalaysiaGraham K. Brown 4.The Push and Pull between Religion and Ethnicity: The Case of Loyalists in Northern Ireland Claire Mitchell 5.Religious and Ethnonational Identification and Political ViolenceRobert D. Lowe and Orla T. Muldoon 6.Symbolic Complexity and Political Division: The Changing Role of Religion in Northern Ireland Jennifer Todd 7.Ethnoreligious Change in Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe: A Comparative Study of How Religious Havens Can Have Ethnic Significance Gladys Ganiel 8.Ethnicity! Religion and Peoplehood: Protestants in France and in IrelandJoseph Ruane

Auteur
Joseph Ruane isProfessor at theDepartment of Sociology, University College Cork. Heis a historical sociologist who has written extensively on Irish historical development, the Northern Ireland conflict and settlement, and on Protestant minorities in contemporary Europe. Jennifer Todd isProfessor atand Director of the Institute for British Irish Studies at theSchool of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin. Shehas written extensively on the Northern Ireland conflict and settlement, and more generally on issues of identity (including ethno-national identity) and identity change.

Résumé
This book uses case studies from Ireland to France, Malaysia to Zimbabwe to evaluate the ways in which ordinary people construct their solidarities and identities in subtle and powerful ways using both ethnic and religious resources. This book was published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics.

Contenu

1. Ethnicity and Religion: Redefining the Research Agenda Joseph Ruane and Jennifer Todd
   2. The Situational Importance of Ethnicity and Religion in Ghana Arnim Langer
      3. Legible Pluralism: The Politics of Ethnic and Religious Identification in Malaysia Graham K. Brown
         4. The Push and Pull between Religion and Ethnicity: The Case of Loyalists in Northern Ireland Claire Mitchell
            5. Religious and Ethnonational Identification and Political Violence Robert D. Lowe and Orla T. Muldoon
               6. Symbolic Complexity and Political Division: The Changing Role of Religion in Northern Ireland Jennifer Todd
                  7. Ethnoreligious Change in Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe: A Comparative Study of How Religious Havens Can Have Ethnic Significance Gladys Ganiel
                     8. Ethnicity, Religion and Peoplehood: Protestants in France and in Ireland Joseph Ruane