Tom Inglis

Tom Inglis is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin. He has written extensively about Irish culture, mostly in relation to religion, meaning, the media, sexuality and globalisation. As well as numerous journal articles, he has chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Modern Ireland 92024) and Religion in Irish Literature and Culture: Cambridge Themes in Irish Literature and Culture (2026). His books include Moral Monopoly: The Rise and Fall of the Catholic Church in Modern Ireland (1998), Truth, Power and Lies: Irish Society and the Case of the Kerry Babies; Global Ireland: Same Difference (2008), Making Love (2012); Meanings of Life in Contemporary Ireland: Webs of Significance(2014), To Love a Dog (2020). His most recent book Unbecoming Catholic: Being Religious in Contemporary Ireland (2025) is an exploration of his socialisation into Catholicism, the non-institutional ways in which people are religious and the need to develop new understandings of God and nature. He lives outside of Cootehall, Co. Roscommon where is Academic Director of the John McGahern Barracks Museum.