Converting Ireland
Religious Education, Language and Colonialism
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2026
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-8120-6 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
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Karina Benazech Wendling offers a re-assessment of 'souperism' and of British cultural imperialism by focusing on the use of the Irish language and the Irish Bible in schools. Her book explores Protestant societies' role in Ireland's religious and political landscape, the rise of Catholic counter-missions, and nationalist resistance. It offers new insights into Irish and global religious history.
Karina Bénazech Wendling offers a re-assessment of ‘souperism’—the long-debated claim that food was used to convert Irish Catholics to Protestantism during the Great Famine. Focusing on the Irish Society for Promoting the Education of the Native Irish through their Own Language, the first group labeled ‘soupers’ in 1841, she uncovers a more complex picture. Rather than a mere tool of British cultural imperialism, the Society had a deep engagement with the Irish language and Bible translation, while also encouraging religious conversions in the West. The book explores the Society’s role in Ireland’s religious and political landscape, the rise of Catholic counter-missions, and nationalist resistance. Offering fresh insights into Ireland’s religious history and global missionary movements, this book is essential for scholars of Irish studies, interdenominational relations, and education in Ireland. -- .
Karina Bénazech Wendling offers a re-assessment of ‘souperism’—the long-debated claim that food was used to convert Irish Catholics to Protestantism during the Great Famine. Focusing on the Irish Society for Promoting the Education of the Native Irish through their Own Language, the first group labeled ‘soupers’ in 1841, she uncovers a more complex picture. Rather than a mere tool of British cultural imperialism, the Society had a deep engagement with the Irish language and Bible translation, while also encouraging religious conversions in the West. The book explores the Society’s role in Ireland’s religious and political landscape, the rise of Catholic counter-missions, and nationalist resistance. Offering fresh insights into Ireland’s religious history and global missionary movements, this book is essential for scholars of Irish studies, interdenominational relations, and education in Ireland. -- .
Karina Bénazech Wendling is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lorraine -- .
Introduction
1 From charity schools to Irish schools
2 Educating the Irish with a national Bible (1818–28)
3 From the politicisation of education to the Catholicisation of Irish nationalism
4 The Dingle colony of converts: An imperial conquest?
5 Souperism and the Great Irish Famine (1840–7)
6 The radicalisation of Irish mission: An inevitable outcome? (1847–53)
Index -- .
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.4.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 10 black & white illustrations, 2 tables |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-8120-7 / 1526181207 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-8120-6 / 9781526181206 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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