CHURCH AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: CROSSING TRAJECTORIES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF IRELAND)

D.B. Vershinina
2019 Вестник Удмуртского университета. Социология. Политология. Международные отношения  
The paper attempts to identify the features of the relationship of the Catholic religion and the church as an institution with the process of forming and modernizing the Irish national identity. The historical aspects of the interaction of the church and the national movement are compared with modern data on the place of the Roman Catholic Church in the structure of the Irish national identity, the position of the church in relation to moral issues is revealed, and the conclusion is made on the
more » ... factors and specifics of the secularization process in Ireland in the second half of the 20 and early 21 centuries. The author uses legislative sources, press materials, texts of speeches of state and public figures.
doi:10.35634/2587-9030-2019-3-3-332-338 fatcat:ovvofzx5vng27oqdyco4ms7f3q