The arab upheavals of 2011 were fundamentally about the basis of legitimate rule in the arab world. The insights obtained provide depth and context to other research about sectarianism, including quantitative survey and national criminal offending data. Addressing the structural dimensions of obstetric violence article pdf available in reproductive health matters 2447 june 2016 with 1,202 reads. In some contexts, such as in northern ireland, reconciliation became part of a decentralized process of moving beyond sectarianism through its promotion often under other names, since the term reconciliation is rejected by many in northern ireland via a variety of programs addressing a range of social and economic concerns. Citizenship teachers resources responding to sectarianism 4 when pupils are con. What language do we hear, see written, read when we are talking about sectarianism.
It offers a new definition of the phenomenon, a detailed analysis of sectarian dynamics, and a series of models for helping people to transform such dynamics. Buy moving beyond sectarianism by joseph liechty, cecelia clegg isbn. In a refreshing way this book avoids demonising the more. It resulted in joseph liechty and cecelia clegg, moving beyond sectarianism. Beyond sectarianism is a magisterial account of the history as well as the landscape of american orthodox judaism today.
Taking the oxygen out of the room is not impossible. The ease and familiarity ferziger possesses with sociological theory and writings combined with his erudition and intimate familiarity with orthodox judaism and modern jewish history allow him to frame the narrative of orthodox judaism on the american scene in a unique. Can churches contribute to postviolence reconciliation and. Verstand understanding to the higher realm of reason vernunft. Those who were involved said it was a very difficult time when deepfelt hurts came to the surface and sharp political divisions sometimes left them feeling vulnerable and exposed. Moving beyond transgression 2 abstract this paper explores the phenomenon of patchwriting, a term which howard 1992 coined to refer to the practice of copying from a source text and then deleting some words, altering grammatical structures, or plugging in oneforone synonym substitutes p. Strategy for the sectarianism education project many respondents believe that to address sectarianism is an essential part of being a christian. Eus engagement moving beyond the territorial struggle against daesh to. Attempts to exclude religious identity from the workplace are likely to be an unsustainable approach to diversity management hicks, 2002. Kuwait, for instance, turned away from sectarianism in its last elections, in part as the costs of such conflict began to really sink in. The resources for moving beyond sectarianism can be easily fitted into school or youth service curricula.
Key to the groups work was understanding the forms that sectarianism may or may not take in contemporary scotland, and how best to address these. Community experiences of sectarianism research finding. A to z if an alien arrived in scotland and we had to explain what sectarianism was to them, what words would we use. Moving beyond this violent legacy will be a monumental challenge, and in the short and medium term, it will deeply affect attempts at reconciliation, ddr, and peacebuilding. Tackling sectarianism in scotland scottish affairs. This work looks at sectarianism, noting that in its dayt. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Because sectarianism involves positive human needs, moving beyond sectarianism must be sought by. This file is to be used only for a purpose specified by palgrave macmillan.
Second, after the guns fall silent, syria will need to deal with a legacy of forced displacement. For hegel, this homelessness could only be overcome by moving beyond. As additional material for the file becomes available, it can be downloaded from the website of the irish. Religion, conflict and reconciliation in northern ireland. Moving beyond sectarianism is a major sixyear research project of the irish school of ecumenics focusing on the role of christian religion in sectarianism in northern ireland. Imprisoned within structures the role of believing. Their research and insights are published in a book, moving beyond sectarianism.
The research highlights individual friends complex and hybrid cultural, national and theological identities, mirrored by the societys corporate identity. The realignment of american orthodox judaism that one of liebmans principal definitions needs to be updated. While liebman proposed that the committed orthodox observant rather than. It seems to me that there are two main areas of difficulty.
Exploring the paradoxes of politics and religion, in journal of muslim minority affairs, 207. Moreover, despite the undertheorisation of sectarianism, there is an expanding theoretical and research literature that helps throw light on the human rights and equality implications of the term. The coast in conflict migration, sectarianism, and decentralization. Religion, conflict and reconciliation in nothern ireland ebook.
The realignment of american orthodox judaism, brings together nine essays, some more historically oriented than others, that collectively shed light on jewish life in america today. In northern ireland, few interventions can raise the emotional temperature of a conversation so sharply as bringing up the topic of sectarianism. Navigating beyond primordial and instrumental theoretical explanations, beyond sunni and shia offers a multilayered analysis of why sectarianism assumes today such a powerful role in the domestic politics and foreign policies of middle east states and transnational movements, and what are the prospects of moving beyond sectarianism in the. Syllabus for ecs 5101 identitybased conflict deeprooted.
As scholars struggle to study sectarianism in such a climate, they need to recognizeand, ideally, find a way to move beyond several problematic assumptions. Moving beyond sectarianism irish school of ecumenics. Moving beyond sectarianism by joseph liechty, 9781856073189, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. This course presents the theoretical concepts with which to understand the dynamics of deeprooted or identitybased conflict, including religious and ethnic conflict, and applies them to particular situations. Religion, conflict and reconciliation in northern ireland joseph liechty on. This resource pack is part of the next stage of making their findings widely available in the community in the youthschools sector. Moving beyond denial treating sectarianism as a regime security problem rather than as a deeply rooted social phenomenon has prevented the egyptian government from effectively addressing the underlying causes of animosity and discrimination. Beyond the privatization debate developing countries. Whitehouse presbyterian church was in a small mixed area that was. Moving beyond the privatization debate different approaches to financing water and electricity in developing countries dialogue globalization on occasional papers new york. Defining sectarianism and sectarian hate crime 1 introduction sectarianism is widely acknowledged as a fundamental and persistent feature of northern ireland society, and yet there is still some lack of clarity on how the term should be defined and what should be included within the parameters of the concept of sectarianism. While the book ostensibly examines orthodox judaism, readers will inevitably gain insight into many of the dynamics driving jewish religious. The advisory group on tackling sectarianism in scotland agots was established in august 2012 to provide scottish ministers with impartial advice on how to develop and assess work to tackle sectarianism in scotland.
A training manual in crosscommunity skills and issues for young adults and adult. Joint communication to the european parliament and the council elements for an eu strategy for iraq. Sectarianism is a form of prejudice, discrimination, or hatred arising from attaching relations of inferiority and superiority to differences between subdivisions within a group. Moving beyond sectarianism community relations council. Even in contexts where religion has been a source of.
Unlike india and ireland today, however, the middle east is subject to american domination. The result is that the study of middle eastern sectarianism is extraordinarily politicized. Moving beyond sectarian prejudice in the cornerstone community. The following is a draft list of source material on the topic of sectarianism. Of sectarianism, civil marriage, whats going on in palestine, the status of refugees in lebanon including palestinians, iraqis, sudanese, and different types of refugees. As american orthodoxy continues to grow in geographical, institutional, and political strength, author adam s. It is beyond question that war is a distinct science of. The views and opinions expressed in these documents. The clergy are seen as the gatekeepers of change and should be involved closely in the development of, and. You can read more about their findings in their book, moving beyond sectarianism, published by columba press in dublin. Liechty and cecelia clegg, moving beyond sectarianism. Beyond a culture of two halves action on sectarianism. This study explored community experiences and perceptions of sectarianism, based on indepth qualitative research within five case study communities across scotland. The new middle east cold war and its affiliates, the emergent islamic state, and other sunni groups are locked in a conflict over what the proper political role of islam should be in the sunni world.
Religion, conflict and reconciliation in northern ireland dublin. Introduction in early 2011, revolutions in egypt, tunisi a, libya and yemen heralded a new era of arab politics. Citizenship teachers resources exemplar unit of work. Beyond a culture of two halves has been designed to be flexible.
Common examples are denominations of a religion, ethnic identity, class, or region for citizens of a state and factions of a political movement the ideological underpinnings of attitudes and behaviours labelled as. The new middle east cold war and its affiliates, the emergent islamic state, and other sunni groups are locked in a conflict over what the proper political role of islam should. This report provides a summary of the key findings on community experiences and perceptions of sectarianism, based on indepth qualitative research within five case study communities across scotland. Protesters, often with women in the lead, took to the streets demanding greater dignity, opportunity and politi cal. Moving beyond sectarianism is a major sixyear research project of the irish school of ecumenics, focusing on the role of christian religion in sectarianism in northern ireland. Bardy, peter and grosch, paul 1994 the puzzle of ethics london. It can be applied in a range of contexts using a youth work approach, either as the skeleton framework for a specific awareness raising programme around antisectarianism, or more generally as a bank of resources to incorporate into existing programmes looking at citizenship, values and antidiscriminatory. To understand and identify the continuing and changing nature of sectarianism in northern ireland, its extremely negative impact on economic, social and cultural life, together with opportunities for its replacement by a concerted process of. Defining sectarianism the institute for conflict research. Moving beyond the traditional understandings of sectarianism which group analysis into primordial, instrumentalist or constructivist, and socalled third ways, i argue that sectarian identities are routinely deployed and mobilised within political projects as a fundamental feature of biopolitical projects. This work is a sociological study of quakers, which investigates the impact that sectarianism has had on identity construction within the religious society of friends in ireland.
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