My 2014 book, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity, co-authored by Gerardo Marti, has been reviewed by Ralph Kunz of the University of Zurich in the academic journal Ecclesial Practices (2016, V3(1): 150-153).
Category: Emerging Church
“Essential reading for anyone involved in Christian Church leadership in Ireland in 2016”: Steve Stockman Reviews Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland
Rev Steve Stockman, the minister at Fitzroy Presbyterian Church in Belfast, has reviewed my latest book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Religious Practice in Late Modernity.
Writing on his blog Soul Surmise, he says:
… Read more...For 20 years I have watched, and wrestled
Peter Rollins in Belfast Tomorrow: The Positive Power of Negative Thinking
Belfast’s Peter Rollins is back in his hometown and will speak tomorrow at 8-9.30 pm in Redeemer Central (101 Donegall Street) on ‘The Positive Power of Negative Thinking.’
I always look forward to Pete’s return visits from his base in … Read more...
The Deconstructed Church: Freestyle Christianity Podcast
I recently spoke with David Capener for the Freestyle Christianity Podcast about the book I co-authored with Gerardo Marti, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity (Oxford, 2014).
You can listen to the podcast here.
Some of the areas we discussed
… Read more...Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Video of My Talk at Rubicon
Back in November, I spoke at the Rubicon conference about my latest book — due out next week — Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland.
The research that I conducted for my book speaks directly to how Ireland’s historically Catholic culture has changed … Read more...
Review of Padraig O Tuama’s ‘In the Shelter’: New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Nourishing Reading for the Season: Pádraig Ó Tuama’s ‘In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World.’… Read more...
Crawford Gribben on the Rebirth of American Evangelicalism
Crawford Gribben, Professor of History at Queen’s University Belfast, has written a compelling review of recent scholarship on American evangelicalism for The American Interest. Surveying the most important research of the last several years, Gribben shows how there has been … Read more...
Rubicon: Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland
On Saturday I had the opportunity to speak at Rubicon in Dublin about my forthcoming book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland.
Last week I was also able to unveil the cover for the book, which features a striking image by photographer David … Read more...
SSSR’s Distinguished Book Award for The Deconstructed Church
I’m pleased to share that my latest book, co-authored with Gerardo Marti, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity (Oxford, 2014) has been awarded the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion’s 2015 Distinguished Book Award. The announcement was made at … Read more...
Review of The Deconstructed Church in Journal of Contemporary Religion by Matthew Guest
My latest book, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity, co-authored with Gerardo Marti, has been reviewed by Matthew Guest in the academic publication Journal of Contemporary Religion (October 2015, pp. 544-546).
You can read the review in full on academia.edu,… Read more...
The Deconstructed Church Reviewed by James Spickard in American Journal of Sociology
My latest book, co-authored with Gerardo Marti, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity (Oxford 2014) has been reviewed by James Spickard in the American Journal of Sociology.
You can read the full review on my academia.edu profile. There are … Read more...