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Everyday Evangelicals : life in a religious subculture after the Belfast Agreement
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Date Issued
2009
Date Available
2010-08-13T14:21:38Z
Abstract
This paper examines the everyday lives of Northern Irish evangelicals since the Belfast Agreement of 1998. Drawing on more than 100 semi-structured interviews with evangelicals (conducted between 2002-2007), we explore the relationship between macro-level social and political changes and individuals’ religious change. While recognising the importance of macro-level factors in leading evangelicals to a privatisation, moderation or transformation of their faith, we argue that the importance of micro-level, subcultural factors in contributing to change has been underestimated. Thus we sketch out the main elements of a Northern Irish evangelical subculture, exploring how it has contributed to change—especially in directions we describe as converting, conserving and exiting. We conclude that a fuller understanding of individual religious change requires an appreciation of how these macro-level and micro-level factors intersect. In the context of the religiously-plural public sphere which is developing in Northern Ireland, we argue that evangelicals have more flexibility and specifically religious resources for political engagement than has been previously supposed.
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Not applicable
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies
Series
IBIS Working Papers
86
Copyright (Published Version)
The authors, 2009
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Conference Details
Paper presented at the conference, “The Impact of Devolution on Everyday Life:
1999-2009”, Newman House, Dublin, 6 February 2009
ISSN
1649-0304
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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