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INCORE guide to Internet sources on Mixed Marriages
Version
2/07 (Updated by Georgina Owens - 04,2007)
Contents
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Introduction
Academic
Articles
News
Articles
Various
Other Articles
Non
Governmental Organisations
Charts
and Statistics
Other
Sources
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Introduction
Although it would appear as though there is an increasing amount of mixed marriages
throughout the world, there is still little information available. The intention
of this guide is to provide as much information as possible with the resources
available on the Internet. We will update this guide as more information
is accessible to us.
Mixed marriages include those marriages that reach across otherwise "restricted" race,
religious, and community boundaries set up by society, churches, and culture.
Interchurch boundaries deal with both Christian-Christian (eg. Protestant-Catholic)
and also Christian-Non Christian (eg. Methodist-Muslim) marriages.
INCORE researchers are interested in mixed marriages across divided societies
on a comparative basis. If anyone is interested in submitting a paper and/or
exhibit involving mixed marriages please contact Gillian Robinson at gillian@incore.ulst.ac.uk
Academic
Articles
Northern
Ireland
- Mixed Marriages in Northern Ireland
Looks at a whole range of past research findings on this subject and investigates
the social and institutional context within which mixed (,or inter-faith) marriage
exist and survive in Northern Ireland. Focuses on the problems and difficulties
created for mixed couples with regard to religion, education and housing. Morgan, Valerie;
Smyth, Marie; Robinson, Gillian and Fraser, Grace (University
of Ulster, Coleraine) (1996) http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/csc/reports/mixed.htm
- Contact and conflict in Northern Ireland
Explores the theory that conflict can be reduced by bringing together people
from opposing groups. Also looks at segregation of religion, residence, marriage
and education in Northern Ireland and how it establishes and maintains conflict. Niens,
U., Cairns, E. & Hewstone, M. (2003) In O. Hargie & D. Dickson
(Eds.), Researching the Troubles: Social science perspectives on the Northern
Ireland conflict (pp. 123-40).
http://psyweb.psy.ox.ac.uk/social_psych/publications.htm
Considers the relationship between census data on religious affiliation and
the ethnic structure of Northern Ireland. Doherty, Paul; Poole, Michael Irish
Geography, Volume 35(2), 2002,75-89 http://www.ucd.ie/gsi/pdf/35-1/ethnic.pdf
- South
Carolina Removes Ban on Interracial Marriage
CNN reports that a clause in the state constitution that bans
interracial marriage has finally been removed. Although the public did
not have the chance to vote on whether or not it should be removed, there
is a poll included in the article showing where people stand on the issue. (3
November 1998) CNN Politics
Women in Liverpool involved in controversial mixed marriages between catholic
and protestants in the early twentieth century speak about their experiences. (13
June 2002) Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/10_06_02/thursday/info5.shtml
Catholic cardinals warn Italian women about mixed marriages with Muslims in
country http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4559990.stm (26 December
2005) BBC World
Reports on the prevalence of mixed marriages in Iraq between the three major
Muslim sects, Sunni, Shia, and Kurd. (13 March 2006) Newsweek
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11677916/site/newsweek/
According to a 2006 survey both Mixed marriages and divorce are on the rise
in China. (26 March 2007) Chine-Informations.com
http://www.chine-informations.com/mods/news/index.php?lg=en&action=fiche&id=6173
Northern
Ireland
According to new research Mixed Marriages between Catholics and Protestants
are becoming more tolerated. (26 November 2001) BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1677447.stm
Authorities are to create new estates in which Protestants and Catholics will
live alongside each other. (06 April 2004) David McKittrik The Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/ulster/article54860.ece
An interview with Ronnie McQuillan, a Protestant married to a Catholic. (28
March 2007) Eyewitness, BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/learning/eyewitness/sectarian/voices/mcquillan.shtml
Community drama groups in Northern Ireland from across the religious divide
came together shortly after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement to write
a play about the contentious issue of mixed marriage. (28 March 2007) Eyewitness,
BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/learning/eyewitness/better/wedding/index.shtml
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Various
Other Articles
A BBC guide to Catholic Weddings. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/ritesrituals/weddings_2.shtml
A BBC guide to the Church of England. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/cofe/cofe_1.shtml
A Wikipedia guide to inter-religious marriage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interreligious_marriage
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Resources on interchurch marriages, including links to interchurch websites
worldwide.
http://www.interchurchfamilies.org/
- Church of Northern Ireland Marriage Council
http://www.marriagematters.ireland.anglican.org/home/default.asp
- Interfaith Marriage Network
Offers resources, information and insight into interfaith marriages in Britain.
http://www.interfaithmarriage.org.uk/
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A research update drawing on data from the Northern Ireland Life and Time
Survey and Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey to explore social attitudes
of members of the Church of Ireland community across Northern Ireland (January
2004) ARK
http://www.ark.ac.uk/publications/updates/update23.pdf
http://www.nicensus2001.gov.uk/nica/analyser/analyser?actionName=choose-topic-and-table
- ARK Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey
www.ark.ac.uk/nilt
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- J.J Sexton and Richard O'Leary (1996) 'An Analysis of
the factors affecting the decline in the population of the minority religious
communities in the Republic of Ireland' in Building Trust in Ireland:
Studies Commissioned by the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation, Belfast:
Blackstaff Press.
- Richard O'Leary (1999) 'Change in the rate and pattern
of religious intermarriage in the Republic of Ireland', Economic and
Social Review, 30, 2 pp119-132
- ,R.O'Leary, (2000) 'Religious intermarriage
in Dublin : the importance of status boundaries between religious groups' Review
of Religious Research ,41, 4. pp471-487.
- R.O'Leary, (2000) 'Inter-Church Communion:
The divergence of doctrine and practice' Studies,
89, 353. pp54-62.
- Fjalar Finnas and R.O'Leary (2003) 'Choosing
for the Children: The affiliation of the children in minority-majority group
intermarriage' European Sociological Review, 19,
5, pp483-499
- Cadwallader, Anne (2001) ‘Mixed
couples defy decades of N. Irish discord.’ Christian Science
Monitor, 08827729, 12/13/2001, Vol. 94, Issue 15
- Mitchell, Claire (2006) ‘Religion
Identity and Politics in Northern Ireland: Boundaries of Belonging and
Belief’ Ashgate
Press
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