I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, a review of a new book called ‘Beauty through Broken Windows’, published on Sunday, the World Day of the Poor.
The book is inspired by the legacy of Edmund Rice, … Read more...
Category: African Christianity
Introduction to the Roundtable on the Special Issue of ‘Religions’ on Religious Conflict and Peacebuilding
On 7 April, Queen’s University Belfast’s Religious Studies Forum hosted a roundtable discussion of a special issue of Religions on ‘Religious Conflict and Peacebuilding’, co-edited by Joram Tarusarira me.
All articles in the special issue are open access, and you … Read more...
The Road to Reconciliation—Insights from Christian Public Theology by Christine Schliesser published in Special Issue of Religions
‘The Road to Reconciliation—Insights from Christian Public Theology‘ by Christine Schliesser, has been published in the Special Issue of Religions on ‘Religious Conflict and Peacebuilding: Advances in the Field’, co-edited by Joram Tarusarira and me.
Schliesser is … Read more...
Divine Discomfort: A Relational Encounter with Multi-Generational and Multi-Layered Trauma by Christo Thesnaar published in Special Issue of Religions
The first article by a theologian has been published in the (interdisciplinary) special issue of the open-access journal Religions on ‘Religious Conflict and Peacebuilding: Advances in the Field’, co-edited by Joram Tarusarira and me.
Divine Discomfort: A Relational Encounter with … Read more...
‘Religious Environmental Sensemaking in Climate-Induced Conflicts’ by Joram Tarusarira published in Special Issue of Religions
The next article has been published in the special issue of the open-access journal Religions on ‘Religious Conflict and Peacebuilding: Advances in the Field’, co-edited by Joram Tarusarira and me.
‘Religious Environmental Sensemaking in Climate-Induced Conflicts’, by Tarusarira, explores the … Read more...
‘We have Won’ – Inspiration from the Buta Seminarians: My Thought for the Day on Radio Ulster
My Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Ulster contemplates the example of the Buta seminarians during a violent attack on their seminary in 1997.
You can listen here, or read the text below.
‘We have Won’
More than … Read more...
Joram Tarusarira on Religion, Politics and the Death of Robert Mugabe
In light of last week’s death of Robert Mugabe (the controversial former President of Zimbabwe), Joram Tarusarira has written a thought-provoking post on the ‘Religion Factor’ blog: ‘Loved and Hated in Equal Measure? The Religio-Political Legacy of Robert Mugabe.’
Joram Tarusarira on Apology & Forgiveness: Reflecting on Lessons from Zimbabwe
There’s a new post on ‘The Religion Factor’ blog, ‘The Politics of Apology: Zimbabwe after the 2018 Elections,’ by Joram Tarusarira. It is well worth a read.
Tarusarira, director of the Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalisation at the University … Read more...
Review of Emmanuel Katongole’s The Journey of Reconciliation on Catholic Books Review
My review of Emmanuel Katongole’s latest book, The Journey of Reconciliation: Groaning for a New Creation in Africa (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2017), has been published on the ‘Catholic Books Review’ website.
How about a Great Green Wall? Fr Patrick Devine and the Shalom Center: Living out the ‘Church Without Walls’ in Africa
While walls of all sorts have been making headlines lately, there’s one that hasn’t gotten quite as much publicity – but has the potential to transform life in Africa.
Fr Patrick Devine, a priest in the Society of African Missions … Read more...
Fr Patrick Devine on Conflict Transformation in Eastern Africa
This week (22 March), the Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice hosted Fr Patrick Devine for a lecture on “Inter-Ethnic Conflict Transformation Methods: Applications in Eastern Africa.”
Fr Devine is the founder of the Shalom … Read more...