Creating a Scottish Church: Catholicism, Gender and Ethnicity in Nineteenth-Century Scotland - Softcover

Kehoe, S. Karly

 
9780719089930: Creating a Scottish Church: Catholicism, Gender and Ethnicity in Nineteenth-Century Scotland
Softcover
ISBN 10: 071908993X ISBN 13: 9780719089930
Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This book highlights how the Catholic population participated in the extension of citizenship in Scotland and considers Catholicism's transition from an underground and isolated church to a multi-faceted institution by taking a critical look at gender, ethnicity and class. It prioritises the role of women in the transformation and modernization of Catholic culture and represents a radical departure from the traditional perception of the church as an institution on the fringes of Scotland's religious and civic landscape. It examines how Catholicism participated in constructions of national identity and civic society. Industrialisation, urbanisation, and Irish migration forced Catholics and non-Catholics to reappraise Catholicism's position in Scotland and in turn Scotland's position in England. Using previously unseen archival material from private church and convent collections, it reveals how the construction of a Catholic social welfare system and associational culture helped to secure a civil society and national identity that was distinctively Scottish.

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About the Author

S. Karly Kehoe is Lecturer in History at Glasgow Caledonian University

From the Back Cover

This book highlights how the Catholic population participated in the extension of citizenship in Scotland and considers Catholicism's transition from an underground and isolated church to a multi-faceted institution by taking a critical look at gender, ethnicity and class.

It prioritises the role of women in the transformation and modernization of Catholic culture, and represents a radical departure from the traditional perception of the church as an institution on the fringes of Scotland's religious and civic landscape. It examines how Catholicism participated in constructions of national identity and civic society. Industrialisation, urbanisation, and Irish migration forced Catholics and non-Catholics to reappraise Catholicism's position in Scotland and in turn Scotland's position in England. Using previously unseen archival material from private church and convent collections, it reveals how the construction of a Catholic social welfare system and associational culture helped to secure a civil society and national identity that was distinctively Scottish.

From the Inside Flap

This book highlights how the Catholic population participated in the extension of citizenship in Scotland and considers Catholicism s transition from an underground and isolated church to a multi-faceted institution by taking a critical look at gender, ethnicity and class. It prioritises the role of women in the transformation and modernization of Catholic culture, and represents a radical departure from the traditional perception of the church as an institution on the fringes of Scotland s religious and civic landscape. It examines how Catholicism participated in constructions of national identity and civic society. Industrialisation, urbanisation, and Irish migration forced Catholics and non-Catholics to reappraise Catholicism s position in Scotland and in turn Scotland s position in England. Using previously unseen archival material from private church and convent collections, it reveals how the construction of a Catholic social welfare system and associational culture helped to secure a civil society and national identity that was distinctively Scottish.

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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
071908993X
ISBN 13 
9780719089930
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224

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