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When God took Sides traces the history of religious identities in Ireland, explaining, in particular how religiously-based stereotypes were developed in the past and how they came to determine modern identities and events, up to and including the partition of Ireland and the troubles in Northern Ireland. Above all it is about how Irish Protestants' and Irish Catholics' sense of self was conditioned by their views of each other.

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She is to be congratulated on having given us, in a small compass, such an illuminating and thought-provoking analysis of the place of religious antagonism in the spectrum of Ireland's woes. David Goodall, The Tablet She is to be congratulated on... such an illuminating and thought-provoking analysis. David Goodall, The Tablet Testament to her skills as a historian...[is] her sensitive approach to writing about the different traditions on this island. Patrick Geohegan, Irish Times Absorbing essay. Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman Marianne Elliott combines historical understanding with a hands-on involvement in the process that led to peace in Ireland. The result is a book that is challenging, illuminating, and that sheds light on other situations of sectarian, religious, or ethnic tension beyond the Irish case. Senator George J. Mitchell, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East and former Chairman of the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland.

She is to be congratulated on having given us, in a small compass, such an illuminating and thought-provoking analysis of the place of religious antagonism in the spectrum of Ireland's woes. David Goodall, The Tablet She is to be congratulated on... such an illuminating and thought-provoking analysis. David Goodall, The Tablet Testament to her skills as a historian...[is] her sensitive approach to writing about the different traditions on this island. Patrick Geohegan, Irish Times Absorbing essay. Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman Marianne Elliott combines historical understanding with a hands-on involvement in the process that led to peace in Ireland. The result is a book that is challenging, illuminating, and that sheds light on other situations of sectarian, religious, or ethnic tension beyond the Irish case. Senator George J. Mitchell, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East and former Chairman of the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland.

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Marianne Elliott was born and brought up in Northern Ireland. She is currently Director of the Institute of Irish Studies at Liverpool University in the United Kingdom, where her expertise inspires major research and teaching programmes on Ireland, conflict and reconciliation. She has published a number of acclaimed books, most notably a biography of Wolfe Tone, father of Irish republican nationalism and The Catholics of Ulster. A History. She served on the international Opsahl Peace Commission in Northern Ireland (1993) and co-wrote its report. She has maintained an active interest in the Northern Ireland peace process and its lessons for other conflicts. She is married with one son.

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