If you are interested in the Emerging Church Movement (ECM) and haven’t yet had a chance to read Katharine Sarah Moody’s Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity: Deconstruction, Materialism and Religious Practices (Ashgate, 2015), you should definitely add it to your … Read more...
Category: Religion in Britain
And No Religion Too … Selected Insights from Workshop on Nones in Selected Countries
Last week I presented a paper at a workshop on ‘Nones in Selected Countries in Western and Eastern Europe and the US – a Comparison,’ at the Religion and Politics Cluster of Excellence at the University of Muenster, Germany.
My … Read more...
Workshop on Nones in Selected Countries, Muenster, 4-5 May
I’m in Muenster today and tomorrow for a workshop on ‘Nones’ in selected countries in Western and Eastern Europe and the US: A Comparison. It’s hosted by the ‘Religion and Politics’ Cluster of Excellence at Muenster University.
I’m presenting my … Read more...
Free Lunch & Discussion on ‘Radicalisation and Freedom of Religion on Campus and in the Community,’ 26 April at Queen’s
In March 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that employers could ban staff from wearing religious and political symbols. This ruling highlights how fears of religious radicalisation and threats to religious freedom are common across Europe. … Read more...
Do the Churches have a Place in a Post-Catholic Ireland? Keynote at ICC’s AGM
I was the keynote speaker at today’s Annual General Meeting of the Irish Council of Churches (ICC) at Belfast Central Mission. My address was titled, ‘Do the Churches have a Place in a Post-Catholic Ireland? The Sociological Reasons for Hope.’… Read more...
Is the Catholic Church Losing the Irish People? New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Is the Catholic Church Losing the Irish People? Reflections on Tony Flannery & the Church of England.… Read more...
With Linda Woodhead and Stefania Palmisano – Women between Religion and Spirituality, 12 December in Padova
On Monday I spoke on ‘Spiritualities of Women Religious Peacebuilders: Mapping a Research Agenda,’ at an international workshop on ‘Women between Religion and Spirituality’, at the Human Rights Centre, University of Padova, Italy.
Giuseppe Giordan organised and moderated the event, … Read more...
The Deconstructed Church at the American Academy of Religion – Report on Authors Meet Critics Session
I was delighted that my book, co-authored with Gerardo Marti, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity (Oxford, 2014) was selected for an Authors meet Critics panel at the conference of the American Academy of Religion, 19-22 November in San Antonio.… Read more...
The Deconstructed Church: Reviewed in Ecclesial Practices by Ralph Kunz
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).
Canon Giles Fraser to Speak on Refugees at St George’s, Belfast, 22 April
Canon Giles Fraser will speak on ‘Refugees: An Old Testament Perspective’ on Friday 22 April at 7.30pm at St George’s, Belfast. The lecture is part of St George’s Bicentenary Celebrations, 2013-2016.
Fraser was formerly Canon at St Paul’s Cathedral 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.