RT Book
T1 Borders of Belief: Religious Nationalism and the Formation of Identity in Ireland and Turkey
A1 Goalwin, Gregory J.
LA English
PP New Brunswick, NJ
PB Rutgers University Press
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1822457092
AB Religion and nationalism are two of the most powerful forces in the world. And as powerful as they are separately, humans throughout history have fused religious beliefs and nationalist politics to develop religious nationalism, which uses religious identity to define membership in the national community. But why and how have modern nationalists built religious identity as the foundational signifier of national identity in what sociologists have predicted would be a more secular world? This book takes two cases - nationalism in both Ireland and Turkey in the 20th century - as a foundation to advance a new theory of religious nationalism. By comparing cases, Goalwin emphasizes how modern political actors deploy religious identity as a boundary that differentiates national groups This theory argues that religious nationalism is not a knee-jerk reaction to secular modernization, but a powerful movement developed as a tool that forges new and independent national identities
CN BL65.N3
SN 9781978826526
K1 Church and state : Ireland
K1 Islam and state : Turkey
K1 Nationalism : Religious aspects : Catholic Church
K1 Nationalism : Religious aspects : Islam
K1 Nationalism : Ireland : Religious aspects
K1 Nationalism : Turkey : Religious aspects
K1 RELIGION / General
DO 10.36019/9781978826526