The Religion of Orange Politics : Protestantism and Fraternity in Contemporary Scotland Paperback / softback
by Joseph Webster
Part of the New Ethnographies series
Paperback / softback
Description
The religion of Orange politics offers an in-depth anthropological account of the Orange Order in Scotland.
Based on ethnographic research collected before, during, and after the Scottish independence referendum, Joseph Webster details how Scotland’s largest Protestant-only fraternity shapes the lives of its members and the communities in which they live.
Within this Masonic-inspired 'society with secrets', Scottish Orangemen learn how transform themselves and their fellow brethren into what they regard to be ideal British citizens.
It is from this ethnographic context – framed by ritual initiations, loyalist marches, fraternal drinking, and constitutional campaigning – that the key questions of the book emerge: What is the relationship between fraternal love and sectarian hate?
Can religiously motivated bigotry and exclusion be part of human experiences of ‘The Good?’ What does it mean to claim that one’s religious community is utterly exceptional – a literal ‘race apart’? -- .
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:232 pages, 15 black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:15/11/2022
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- ISBN:9781526113771
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Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:232 pages, 15 black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:15/11/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781526113771
