Gladys Ganiel is Professor in the Sociology of Religion at Queen's University Belfast and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Her research focuses on the sociology of religion in Ireland and religion and peacebuilding. She is author of seven books and her articles have appeared in Religion, State and Society; Sociology Compass; The Review of Faith and International Affairs, and Sociology of Religion. She is co-editor, with Andrew J. Holmes, of The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Modern Ireland (OUP, 2024).Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill is a sociologist whose research has addressed disability, ageing, identity, religion, and gender. Her major interests are in identity, including the interplay of religion and politics in forming a sense of self; and on teaching on Northern Ireland politics and issues in contemporary Irish society.

Gladys Ganiel is Professor in the Sociology of Religion at Queen's University Belfast and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Her research focuses on the sociology of religion in Ireland and religion and peacebuilding. She is author of seven books and her articles have appeared in Religion, State and Society; Sociology Compass; The Review of Faith and International Affairs, and Sociology of Religion. She is co-editor, with Andrew J. Holmes, of The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Modern Ireland (OUP, 2024).Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill is a sociologist whose research has addressed disability, ageing, identity, religion, and gender. Her major interests are in identity, including the interplay of religion and politics in forming a sense of self; and on teaching on Northern Ireland politics and issues in contemporary Irish society.