LIZ FAWCETT is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Ulster. She was previously a reporter and correspondent with BBC, Northern Ireland.

• List of Tables Foreword; Eileen Barker Acknowledgements Introduction Under Siege: A Brief History of Afrikaners and Ulster Presbyterians Setting the Scene: Afrikaners and Ulster Presbyterians in the Early 1990s Fear, Insecurity and Alienation Civil Religion: Symbolic Resources and Social Change The Church as Volkskerk : A Church of 'The People' or a Church For All? Church and Politics: The Interrelationship Between the Religious and Political Spheres The Church as 'Conciliator': The Difficult Task of Bridge-building Different Worlds: Rural/Urban and Social Class Divisions Conclusion Select Bibliography Index