0 a small structure like a box in a church, especially a Roman Catholic church, in which people can privately confess to a priest --
Because identity was expressed in religious terms at the time, communities cherished a "confessional" identity, constructed by adherents and deconstructed by enemies.
Reformation politics powerfully resurrected the view that the religious identity of a people must be considered a function of their ruler's confessional conviction.
Another issue that warrants further examination concerns the extent to which the supernatural was implicated in confessional and party politics.
In particular, the anti-baladiyya party emphasized the tribal and confessional heterogeneity of their community and the real possibility of intercommunal strife.
Confessional status was used as an argument to improve the distribution of economic resources.
Literary projects could be used to establish and consolidate working relationships across the confessional spectrum.
Seemingly in the moment of crisis, personal ties were as important as confessional allegiance.
One of his main points is about the importance of ideological promiscuity across confessional and national boundaries.
