Building a Church Without Walls
Last month, I was guest speaker at a conference on ‘The Importance of Hope’, organised by ‘Flourish’, a ministry of Lighthouse in Belfast.
Drawing on my research on religion during the pandemic, I spoke on ‘Something Other than a Building: … Read more...
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Has belief really vanished in Ireland?’
Image: church ruins in Howth, Co Dublin… Read more...
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Reflecting on the Church Leaders’ St Patrick’s Day Confession’. Is this the churches’ most comprehensive confession ever for their historic contributions to division and violence?
Rev Dr Ivan Patterson, President of the Irish Council of Churches, recently offered some reflections for the ‘Care4Clergy’ group based on research published in my report on churches during the pandemic, ‘People Still Need Us.’
Patterson’s reflections were posted on … Read more...
I have a new article in Reality magazine, ‘Choice and Uncertainty: Why Secularisation is Good for the Churches.’
Reality is published by Redemptorist Communications Ireland. You can purchase a copy here.
I have reproduced the first few paragraphs of the … Read more...
Rev Dr Ivan Patterson, President of the Irish Council of Churches, has responded to my recent research report Something Other than a Building: A Report on Churches on the Island of Ireland during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
I was interviewed about my research on churches during the pandemic on Clare FM’s Beyond Belief programme, which was presented by Stephen Fletcher and aired last night.
We cover a number of topics featured in my reports on my research, … Read more...
Researchers at Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education, Dublin City University and York St John University in the UK are conducting a second survey on religious practice during the pandemic: ‘Covid-19 and Church-21’.
Ordained clergy and laity from all denominations … Read more...
I was interviewed about my research on religion during the Covid-19 pandemic on RTE Radio 1’s ‘The Leap of Faith’ programme, Friday 5 February. It draws primarily on my latest research report, Something Other than a Building: Churches during … Read more...
It outlines the results of my latest research on churches in Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic.… Read more...
I have a new article on RTÉ Brainstorm on ‘How Irish churches are celebrating Christmas during a Pandemic.’
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Image: Clonard Monastery in Belfast, December 2020. Sourced on Clonard’s Twitter feed.… Read more...