Troubled Geographies

spatioreligious processes—the way in which religion and geography become intertwined with each other and a range of broader factors within society—have a long tradition.

Religion and territory thus are explicitly linked, a link that has at worst led to killing, arson, and other forms of violence aimed at establishing or protecting territorial control

the interplay between religion, ethnonational identity, politics, history, and geography.

Catholicism is seen as synonymous with Irish nationalism and republicanism, which have sought to remove British influence from Ireland

Protestantism is seen as synonymous with the politics of unionism and loyalism, which have the union with Great Britain and loyalty to the British Crown as their core tenets