I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, a review of Rob Bell’s book, Everything is Spiritual. … Read more...
Category: Post Modern Theology
New Post on Slugger – Church as ‘doing life with all kinds of people’: Review of ‘On the Brühl’
My review of a documentary short, ‘On the Brühl’, featuring Carrickfergus native Rev Barry Sloan, has been posted on the Slugger O’Toole blog.… Read more...
Religion, Spirituality and the Search for Meaning during the Covid-19 Pandemic: New Post on Slugger
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Religion, Spirituality and the Search for Meaning during the Covid-19 Pandemic.’ It draws on a new survey of religious practice during the pandemic, commissioned by the Iona Institute, as well … Read more...
Reflections on a ‘Church without Walls’
Yesterday I took part in a Premier Christian Media ‘Digital Church’ webinar on ‘A Church without Walls’, alongside Revd Albert Bogle, Sanctuary First, Falkirk Presbytery; Revd Andy Fishburne, SThie, Isle of Mann; and Revd Laura Digan, Minister, Church of Scotland.… Read more...
Join us for a ‘Church without Walls’ Webinar, Wednesday 23 September
I’ll be taking part in a Premier Christian Media ‘Digital Church’ webinar on ‘A Church without Walls’ this Wednesday, 23 September, 3.30-5.00 pm Irish/British time. Here’s the description of the webinar:
… Read more...Decades ago, the Church in Scotland proposed a new
Join us at Bending the Rules―LGB&T Stories of Faith, Change and Inclusion, 21 Oct at UU
The Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University invites you to attend a one-day conference on ‘Bending the Rules―LGB&T Stories of Faith, Change and Inclusion’, on Monday 21 October at Ulster University, Yorkgate campus, Room BA-00-008.
The event runs from … Read more...
Book Review on Slugger: Neither Here nor There
I have reviewed a new book on the Slugger O’Toole blog, Neither Here nor There: The Many Voices of Liminality. It features a chapter by Padraig O Tuama, leader of Corrymeela since 2014.… Read more...
Understanding ‘No Religion’ – New Video on Vakuum via Peter Jost
You can watch a video of my talk, The Apocalypse for Religion: Understanding People who identify as ‘No Religion’, which I gave last week at Wake, an annual boutique festival in Belfast curated by Peter Rollins. The video title is … Read more...
The Apocalypse for Religion – at Peter Rollins’ Wake Festival
Today I had the privilege of participating in Wake, an annual boutique festival in Belfast, which is curated by Peter Rollins. It’s always a treat to catch up on Pete’s latest work, and to meet the people who come … Read more...
Patrick Mitchel: Questions for the Churches from ‘Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland’
Sometimes you stumble upon something online that you really wish you had read a year ago.
That was the case for me when an internet search for something else turned up a post on Patrick Mitchel’s thoughtful ‘Faith in Ireland’ … Read more...
Review of The Deconstructed Church in Church History by Randall Reed – ‘a masterful explanation of a potentially important movement’
The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity (Oxford University Press), my 2014 book co-authored with Gerardo Marti, has been reviewed in Church History (March 2017) by Dr Randall Reed, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Appalachian State University.
Gerardo … Read more...