Scripture in stormont: Incidental reference to the Bible in Northern Irish politics

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI:10.1177/20503032231199483

J. Andrew Doole

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Abstract

The Bible has long permeated Northern Irish culture and politics and continues to play a role even today, as politicians appeal to the words of Scripture in reference to their position on social policy issues such as equal marriage and abortion. In this article, however, I will show that the Bible also appears incidentally in Northern Irish politics, employed in discourse to demean, console, or entertain, and not to direct policy decisions. I discuss examples of reference to the Bible in the Northern Ireland Assembly and show that by comparing others (or oneself) to characters from the Bible, members are mostly engaging in criticism or mild attack of political opponents, but not without a certain role for humor in what might be designated “biblical banter.” I thus illuminate one aspect of the cultural role played by the Bible in the everyday language of politics in Northern Ireland.

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圣经在斯托蒙特:偶然提及圣经在北爱尔兰政治

《圣经》长期以来一直渗透在北爱尔兰的文化和政治中，直到今天仍在发挥作用，因为政治家们在婚姻平等和堕胎等社会政策问题上的立场都诉诸《圣经》中的话语。然而，在这篇文章中，我将表明圣经也偶然出现在北爱尔兰的政治中，在话语中被用来贬低、安慰或娱乐，而不是指导政策决定。我讨论了北爱尔兰议会引用《圣经》的例子，并表明，通过将他人(或自己)与《圣经》中的人物进行比较，议员们大多是在批评或温和地攻击政治对手，但也有一定的幽默作用，可能被称为“圣经的玩笑”。因此，我阐明了圣经在北爱尔兰日常政治语言中所扮演的文化角色的一个方面。

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期刊介绍： Critical Research on Religion is a peer-reviewed, international journal focusing on the development of a critical theoretical framework and its application to research on religion. It provides a common venue for those engaging in critical analysis in theology and religious studies, as well as for those who critically study religion in the other social sciences and humanities such as philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and literature. A critical approach examines religious phenomena according to both their positive and negative impacts. It draws on methods including but not restricted to the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, Marxism, post-structuralism, feminism, psychoanalysis, ideological criticism, post-colonialism, ecocriticism, and queer studies. The journal seeks to enhance an understanding of how religious institutions and religious thought may simultaneously serve as a source of domination and progressive social change. It attempts to understand the role of religion within social and political conflicts. These conflicts are often based on differences of race, class, ethnicity, region, gender, and sexual orientation – all of which are shaped by social, political, and economic inequity. The journal encourages submissions of theoretically guided articles on current issues as well as those with historical interest using a wide range of methodologies including qualitative, quantitative, and archival. It publishes articles, review essays, book reviews, thematic issues, symposia, and interviews.