It has been some time since I posted on this blog. For any faithful followers who still remain, do be aware that I have had several posts on the Slugger O’Toole blog. These include:
Category: NI Politics
Kroc Institute Lecture: Rethinking the Role of Clergy in Violence and Peacebuilding
Earlier this month, I spoke at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies on ‘Rethinking the Role of Clergy in Violence and Peacebuilding’ (12 April).
The lecture was initiated by the Kroc Institute’s Contending Modernities initiative … Read more...
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...
Fortnight Review of ‘Considering Grace: Presbyterians and the Troubles’ by Claire Mitchell: ‘a gritty and poignant exploration’
‘Where the Birds Sing’: A Song of Acknowledgement and Hope for Northern Ireland …
‘Where the Birds Sing’, composed by Grace Evangeline Mason, had … Read more...
The 4 Corners Festival & the Unfinished Work of Peace: Irish Council of Churches AGM
Last week (31 March) I took part in a panel discussion at the Irish Council of Churches 99th Annual General Meeting at Skainos in East Belfast. The theme of the AGM was ‘The Unfinished Work of Peace’. Church of Ireland … Read more...
Online Launch 27 January: The Oxford Handbook of Religion & Europe
The new Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe (2022), edited by Grace Davie and Lucian Leustean, will be launched online on 27 January at 4 pm (GMT) from Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.
Presbyterians, Forgiveness, and Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: article published in special issue
‘Presbyterians, Forgiveness, and Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: Towards Gracious Remembering,’ by Jamie Yohanis and me, has been published in a special issue of Religions, co-edited by Joram Tarusarira and me.
The article draws on the research … Read more...
My review of Crawford Gribben’s ‘The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland’, on Slugger
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, my review of Crawford Gribben’s excellent new book, The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland (Oxford, 2021).… Read more...
New Post on Slugger – The Service of Reflection & Hope: An opportunity for the Church Leaders?
Image: Detail of the two-light stained glass window W27 in the north wall of the chancel (second from … Read more...
A Review of ‘Evangelical Journeys’ – A Decade On
It has been more than a decade since Claire Mitchell and I published Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture (UCD Press, 2011).
I recently stumbled across a review of the book by Brutus Green in … Read more...