SSESW academic Gladys Ganiel is co-editor of a new landmark publication, the first volume to offer such a comprehensive and wide-ranging treatment of the role of religion on the island of Ireland between 1800 and the present day. The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Modern Ireland features 32 chapters exploring the relationships between religion, society, politics and everyday life.

Taking a chronological and all-island approach, the Handbook explores the complex and changing roles of religion both before and after partition. It includes fresh perspectives on long-standing historical and political debates about religion, identity and politics, including religion's contributions to division and violence. It also features contributions on how religion interacts with education, the media, law, gender and sexuality, science, literature, minority religions and memory.

The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Modern Ireland, edited by Gladys Ganiel (School of SSESW) and Andrew R. Holmes (School of HAPP) is available from Oxford University Press.