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When God Took Sides: Religion and Identity in Ireland – Unfinished History
Author(s): Marianne Elliott (Author)
- Publisher: OUP Oxford
- Publication Date: 24 Sept. 2009
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199206937
- ISBN-13: 9780199206933
Book Description
Tracing the history of religious identities in Ireland over the last three centuries, Marianne Elliott argues that these two questions are inextricably linked and that the identity of both Catholics and Protestants is shaped by the way that each community views the other.
Cutting through the layers of myths, lies, and half-truths that make up the vision that Catholics and Protestants have of each other, she looks at how mutual religious stereotypes were developed over the centuries, how they were perpetuated and entrenched, and how they have defined modern identities and shaped Ireland’s historical destiny, from the independence struggle and partition to the Troubles of the last four decades.
Editorial Reviews
Review
She is to be congratulated on… such an illuminating and thought-provoking analysis. (
David Goodall, The Tablet)Testament to her skills as a historian…[is] her sensitive approach to writing about the different traditions on this island. (
Patrick Geohegan, Irish Times)Absorbing essay. (
Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman)Marianne Elliott combines historical understanding with a hands-on involvement in the process that led to peace in Ireland. The result is a book that is challenging, illuminating, and that sheds light on other situations of sectarian, religious, or ethnic tension beyond the Irish case. (
Senator George J. Mitchell, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East and former Chairman of the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland.)
