I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, a review of the new book by Joshua Searle, The Scarlet Woman and the Red Hand: Evangelical Apocalyptic Belief in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Pickwick Publications, 2014).… Read more...
Category: Charismatic/Pentecostal Christianity
Invitation to Uganda Day, 3 June – Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Canonisation of the Uganda Martyrs
The Uganda Association of Northern Ireland, through the secretary Fr Charles Lwanga Kaweesi, welcomes all friends of Uganda and Africa to Uganda Day Celebrations on 3 June, starting at 4 pm at St Mary’s University College in Belfast. This year … Read more...
4 Corners Networking–Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Focolare Movement and its annual conference, 2-6 July in Ballycastle
This week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is the Focolare Movement. Focolare is a world-wide movement with various expressions throughout the island of Ireland. It describes itself as:
… Read more...An international group which takes its inspiration
Religion & Change in Modern Britain by Linda Woodhead and Rebecca Catto; Woodhead to Speak at Belfast Conference, 3-5 September 2014
In September (3rd-5th), Belfast will host the bi-annual meeting of the European Sociological Association’s Sociology of Religion Research Network, the theme of which is ‘Religion in the Public Domain.’
Among the keynote speakers is Prof … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: Rev Heather Morris at CFC
This week Fr Martin Magill crossed town to visit the Christian Fellowship Church (CFC) in East Belfast, where Rev Heather Morris, President of the Methodist Church, was the guest speaker.
Fr Magill describes a powerful service which included reflections on … Read more...
4 Corners Networking–Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Evangelical Alliance
This week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland.
When I was researching my Ph.D., which became my first book, Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland (Palgrave, 2008), Evangelical Alliance was one of … Read more...
Evangelical and Ecumenical? Rev Heather Morris, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and 4 Corners Stories with Belfast Church Leaders
Can a Christian be both evangelical and ecumenical?
Rev Heather Morris thinks so.
Yesterday’s Irish News featured an extended piece by Morris, currently serving as the President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, on her experience preaching at a service … Read more...
Telling Stories about the Future: David Porter and Heather Morris on the Role of Christian Activists–New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog based on last night’s Catherwood Lecture by Canon David Porter, ‘Telling Stories about the Future: David Porter and Heather Morris on the Role of Christian Activists.’… Read more...
Re-Launch of For God and His Glory Alone: How Can this Generation of Christians Be Responsible for Reconciliation?
This morning at Skainos in Belfast, Contemporary Christianity re-launched For God and His Glory Alone, a document first published 25 years ago by Contemporary Christianity’s forerunner, Evangelical Contribution on Northern Ireland (ECONI).
Canon David Porter, a former director of ECONI … Read more...
Can Christians Contribute a Vision for Our Future? Relaunch of ECONI’s ‘For God & His Glory Alone’ and Catherwood Lecture by David Porter, Thursday 10 October
Can Christians contribute a vision for a better future on this island?
This question has been raised in a number of debates over the last few months: online, on the air, and in newspapers. But believe it or not, there … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing–Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle
Yesterday Fr Martin Magill visited Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle in North Belfast in his weekly exercise of ecumenical tithing. This fits well with a theme of this blog for the past week, which has focused on Pentecostal and charismatic churches in … Read more...