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Introduction Introduction
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Secularization Secularization
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Indicators of Secularization Indicators of Secularization
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Religious Identification, Practices, and Beliefs Religious Identification, Practices, and Beliefs
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Religious Privatization and De-Institutionalization Religious Privatization and De-Institutionalization
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Separation of Religion and Politics Separation of Religion and Politics
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After Secularization: Religion’s Changing Role After Secularization: Religion’s Changing Role
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Religion After COVID-19 Religion After COVID-19
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References References
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Suggested Reading Suggested Reading
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19 Ireland After Secularization
Get accessGladys Ganiel is Professor in the Sociology of Religion at Queen’s University Belfast and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Her specialisms include religion on the island of Ireland, religion and conflict in Northern Ireland, evangelicalism, and the emerging church. Her Oxford University Press book, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity, co-authored with Gerardo Marti, was winner of the 2015 Distinguished Book Award of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
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Published:22 February 2024
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Abstract
This chapter analyses Ireland, north and south, ‘after secularization’. It outlines theoretical approaches to secularization and explores indicators of secularization in Ireland. It argues that although both parts of Ireland remain more religious than most of Europe—Northern Ireland more so than the Republic—both are approaching typical European levels of secularization. It explores factors that have contributed to secularization, and analyses how religion has persisted. Finally, it explores the changing role of religion during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is evidence both for an acceleration of secularization, and an intensification of religiosity among those who attended religious services prior to the pandemic. These trends are not necessarily contradictory. In fact, these trends were already underway, and the pandemic may accelerate their development, leading to a greater divide between those for whom faith is important, and those for whom it is not.
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