Irish Bilateral: Religion in Ireland North and South - The Exceptional Hypothesis Revisited.
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Aberdeen
Department Name: Sch of Social Science
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Bernadette C. Hayes
(2010)
Vacant Seats and Empty Pews
in Access Research Knowledge (ARK) Research update
Bernadette Hayes
(2010)
The nature and extent of religious segregation in Northern Ireland
in Symposium on comparative perspectives on religion and society in the US and UK
Hayes B
(2013)
Integrated Schooling and Religious Tolerance in Northern Ireland
in Journal of Contemporary Religion
Hayes Bernadette
(2013)
Conflict to Peace: Politics and Society in Northern Ireland Over Half a Century
| Title | Shifting sands : religious change in Northern Ireland |
| Description | Video of a seminar presentation given by Professor Bernadette Hayes at Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA), Belfast on 23 February 2010. Video is on the Access Research Knowledge (ARK) website. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2010 |
| Impact | This Seminar was presented at NICVA, Duncairn Gardens, Belfast on 23 February 2010 |
| URL | http://www.ark.ac.uk/publications/updates/refmovies/Seminar-03-10-BH_ref.html |
| Description | Religious Change Study: The headline results from this project suggest that the creeping signs of secularisation witnessed in the late 1990s have continued to endure and intensify in Northern Ireland over the last decade. Since the early 1990s, weekly church attendance rates among the affiliated have declined sharply in Northern Ireland and this is particularly so among the Catholic community, traditionally the most diligent church attenders. It is important to note, however, that this general decline in weekly levels of religious observation has been replaced by less frequent attendance rather than by no attendance at all and that, with one exception, this relationship holds across all age groups and regardless of whether men or women are considered. Gay Rights Study: This paper focuses on the influence of religious rituals as well as a range of religious beliefs, including the nature and extent of one's relationship with God, on attitudes towards gay rights. Overall, the results point to the importance of including both religious measures - rituals as well as beliefs, including the nature and extent of one's relationship with God - in understanding attitudes towards moral issues. |
| Exploitation Route | 1. There will be a scientific impact particularly in work on attitudes to gay rights. 2. Because of the early interest from the Northern Ireland churches in the results there may be a significant impact in terms of church deliberations on falling attendance. |
| Sectors | Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Description | Contribution to empirical understanding: Results fom this project have been cited in Schubotz, D and O'Hara, M, 2010, 'A Shared Future? Exclusion, Stigmatization, and Mental Health of Same-Sex-Attracted Young People in Northern Ireland', Youth & Society, 43(2) 488-508 Results from this project have been cited in Gilligan, C., Hainsworth, P., and McGarry, A., 2011, 'Fractures, Foreigners and Fitting In: Exploring Attitudes towards Immigration and Integration in 'Post-Conflict' Northern Ireland, Ethnopolitics, Special Issue: Migration and Divided Societies, 10 (2). pp. 253-269. Data from the project dataset have been used to document changing attitudes towards the gay community in Northern Ireland (see Jarman, N., 2010, 'Attitudes Towards Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people in Northern Ireland', ARK Research Update 66, Belfast: ARK) An article using the project dataset and focusing on gender and religion (Devine, P, 'Men, women and religiosity in Northern Ireland: testing the theories') has been submitted and is currently under review. A paper using secondary analysis of the data was also given by the same author at the Symposium on 'Changing Times, Changing Religion', School of Sociology, University College Dublin, 5 March 2010. Contribution to research capacity: Apart from making the dataset itself available for secondary analysis, the project also involved the creation of a web resource based on ISSP data, making available frequencies and cross-tabulations from 28 surveys to date across Britain, Ireland and Northern Ireland. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
| Description | Religious change in Northern Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Seminar / Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |