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Ethnicity and Evangelicalism: Ian Paisley and Protestant Politics in Ulster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Roy Wallis ,
Steve Bruce  and
David Taylor
Roy Wallis
Affiliation:
The Queen's University of Belfast
Steve Bruce
Affiliation:
The Queen's University of Belfast
David Taylor
Affiliation:
University of Montana, Missoula
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The question of the conditions that must prevail before fundamentalist religion can play a significant part in politics has loomed large in recent years with the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East. Protestant fundamentalism has drawn somewhat less attention, except for the case of the new Christian right in America. Nowhere in the contemporary world are the politics of conservative Protestantism more clearly visible than in Northern Ireland. Therefore, in this essay we seek to explain why Protestant fundamentalism has achieved such prominence and success in Ulster in recent years. First, we present a comparative analysis of conservative Protestant politics in the English-speaking world. Second, we offer an historically informed analysis of the rise of Ulster's most successful fundamentalist politician, the Reverend Ian Paisley.

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Comparative Politics
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 293 - 313
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1987

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