One Nation, Many Faiths: Civic-Cultural Nationalism and Religious Pluralis in the Scottish Interfaith Literaturew

This article examines the representation of Scottish national identity and religious pluralism within the literature of Interfaith Scotland: a nationwide interfaith body formed after the establishment of the devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999. I will show that a form of civic and cultural national...

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Published in:Implicit religion
Main Author: Sutherland, Liam T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2017]
In: Implicit religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Scotland / Political identity / Cultural identity / Interfaith dialogue / Religious identity
Further subjects:B Religious Diversity
B SCOTTISH national characteristics
B World Religions Paradigm
B Cultural Nationalism
B PARADIGMS (Social sciences)
B Scotland
B banal nationalism
B SCOTLAND. Parliament
B civic-cultural nationalism
B Interfaith
B Religious Pluralism
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Summary:This article examines the representation of Scottish national identity and religious pluralism within the literature of Interfaith Scotland: a nationwide interfaith body formed after the establishment of the devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999. I will show that a form of civic and cultural nationalism is evident within that literature. I will also demonstrate that its representations of religious pluralism are structured by the world religions paradigm. It is argued that these different categories are represented as complementary and non-competitive. That representations of religions as universalistic, global and transcendent entail that they do not compete with the limited, bounded and ultimately sovereign national identity of Scotland.
ISSN:1743-1697
Contains:Enthalten in: Implicit religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/imre.34150