Religion and Identity

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Addressing the question of how religion and identity have been renegotiated as the Irish diaspora spread throughout the world, this volume presents ten contributions covering topics including a study of the first Catholics in Australia; the Protestant understanding of emigration; the experiences of the Irish in Scotland, Wales, and England; and chapters on exclusively male and female religious orders. Contributors include scholars of history, religion, and sociology from Great Britain, the US, and Australia. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Irish, British, US, and Australian historians explore the role of religion in the development of changing Irish migrant identities. Among the topics are Irish Catholicism in early colonial New South Wales, the secularization of Irishness in the American south, and the Irish in Scotland. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)