Claire Mitchell and I are happy to announce the launch of our new book, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture, on Tuesday 1 November at 6 pm at East Belfast Mission, 239 Newtownards Road, Belfast.… Read more...
Category: Orange Order
Do Words Matter? New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Do Words Matter?: Book Review of Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution – Debating Peace in Northern Ireland. The book is edited by Katy Hayward and Catherine O’Donnell and I contributed … Read more...
Evangelical Journeys Reviewed on Slugger O’Toole
It’s a thorough and generous review, which goes into considerable depth … Read more...
Redeeming the Twelfth and the Orange Tradition? Guest Post by Tanya Jones
There have been a few comments on my post of last week, ‘Twelfth Disturbances: Blessed are the Arrogant?’ For example, Rhodian asks: ‘I think it’s a mistake to associate stocki’s poem necessarily with the orange order, but that said, if … Read more...
Twelfth Disturbances: Blessed are the Arrogant?
There have been plenty of commentaries posted in cyber space, and angry calls to radio talk shows, about the violence around the Twelfth over the last few days. I will refrain from summarising this almost endless stream of information, or … Read more...
Evangelical Journeys: Our New Book Available Thursday 7 July
You’ve got to love Amazon.co.uk’s publicity department. I just received one of those ‘you might enjoy …’ emails, trying to get me to buy a book for which I am the co-author!
That’s all by way of announcing that my … Read more...
Evangelical Journeys: In Conversation with the Centre for Contemporary Christianity
Claire Mitchell and I took part in an ‘In Conversation’ event at the Centre for Contemporary Christianity in Ireland in Belfast on Tuesday 19 October 2010. We spoke about our forthcoming book, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern … Read more...
Ian Paisley and the Pope: The Return of Dr No?
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard the Rev. Ian Paisley rail publicly against the pope, identifying him as an ‘anti-Christ.’ But in an interview with the BBC World Service, Paisley reverted to ‘anti-Christ’ mode as he voiced his opposition to … Read more...
What Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and the Orange Order have in Common
Prominent atheist campaigners Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens have common cause with the Orange Order: Protesting against the Pope.
Dawkins was the subject of a splashy headline in this week’s Sunday Times: Richard Dawkins calls for arrest of Pope … Read more...