Religion, ethnicity and group idenity: Irish adolescents' views: Irish adolescents' views

Orla Muldoon, Katrina McLaughlin, Karen Trew

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Abstract

The article examines aspects of religious identity for young people living along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in terms both of religious and ethno-national content and encompassing personal as well as collective components. Religion is seen as both positive and negative. It is constructed as strengthening family bonds, providing a sense of belonging and history and fostering tolerance and acceptance. Paradoxically it is also seen as fuelling extant intergroup hostilities.

Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
Pages (from-to)599-616
Number of pages18
JournalNationalism and Ethnic Politics
Volume12
Issue number3-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sep 2006

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