Antisectarian

Background reading

Books / Articles

This is not a comprehensive list of books and articles relating to sectarianism and religious intolerance in Scotland. However, it is a good start for those wanting to find out more about these issues in general or in relation to Scotland.

Bradley, J M (1995)
Ethnic Religious Identity in Modern Scotland: Culture, Politics and Football
Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company

Bruce, S, Glendinning, T, Paterson, I and Rosie, M (2004)
Sectarianism in Scotland
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Craig, C (2003)
'More Equal Than Others', Chapter 8 in The Scots' Crisis of Confidence
Edinburgh: Big Thinking

Devine, T (ed.) (2000)
Scotland's Shame? Bigotry and Sectarianism in Modern Scotland
Edinburgh: Mainstream

Educational Institute of Scotland (2006) Breaking Down the Barriers:Sectaranism,  Edinburgh, EIS.

Finn, G P T (2003)
'Sectarianism': A Challenge for Scottish Education'
in Bryce, T.G.K and Humes, W M (eds) Scottish Education
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Hickman, M J and Walters, B (1997)
Discrimination and the Irish Community in Britain
A Report of Research Undertaken for the Commission for Racial Equality
London: Commission for Racial Equality

Kelly, E (1999)
'Stands Scotland Where It Did?'
An Essay In Ethnicity and Internationalism'
in Scottish Affairs, No 26, Winter 1999

Kelly, E and Mann, B (1999)
'Muslims in Scotland: Challenging Islamophobia'
in Crowther, J et al (eds) Popular Education and Social Movements in Scotland Today
Leicester: NIACE

Paterson, I (2002)
'Sectarianism and Municipal Housing Allocation in Glasgow'
in Scottish Affairs, No 39, Spring 2002

Richardson, R (no date)
Islamophobia: Issues, Challenges and Action
A Report by the Runnymede Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia
Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books

Runnymede Trust (1997)
Islamophobia: A Challenge for Us All
London: Runnymede Trust

Shedden, F (2003)
'Sectarianism'
in Roy, K (ed.) States of Scotland
Glasgow: ICS Books

Walls, P and Williams, R (2003)
Sectarianism at work: accounts of employment discrimination against Irish Catholics in Scotland'
in Ethnic and Racial Studies, 26

Walker, G and Gallagher T (eds)
Sermons and Battle Hymns: Protestant Popular Culture in Modern Scotland
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

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