Ex-Combatants, Religion and Peace in Northern Ireland

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13th May 2013
University of Ulster News Release

The first book to explore ex-combatants’ relationships with religion has been launched at the University of Ulster’s Belfast campus.

‘Ex-Combatants, Religion and Peace in Northern Ireland’, written by Professor Gerard Leavey and Dr David Mitchell from the University of Ulster with Professor John Brewer, Queens University, Belfast, sheds new light on the interplay of religion, identity and violence in Ireland.

Based on original interviews with ex-combatants from across the political and religious divide, the book reveals the religious outlooks that shaped their identity.

Professor Leavey, Director of the Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing at the University of Ulster’s Magee campus, said: “This book offers fascinating insights into the very complex relationship between the various people from loyalist and nationalist communities who were involved in violence and the churches.

http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2013/6956.html

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