Building a Church Without Walls
The first article by a theologian has been published in the (interdisciplinary) special issue of the open-access journal Religions on ‘Religious Conflict and Peacebuilding: Advances in the Field’, co-edited by Joram Tarusarira and me.
Divine Discomfort: A Relational Encounter with … Read more...
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.
I’m pleased to share the publication of a stimulating new article, ‘Religion and the Study of Peace: Practice without Reflection’, by Atalia Omer, in a special issue of Religions, co-edited by Joram Tarusarira (University of Groningen) and me.
Omer’s article … Read more...
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...
Image: Detail of the two-light stained glass window W27 in the north wall of the chancel (second from … Read more...
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Has belief really vanished in Ireland?’
Image: church ruins in Howth, Co Dublin… Read more...
I have a new post on RTE Brainstorm on women in ministry in Ireland, ‘How Women feel Undervalued by the Catholic Church’.
While the headline focuses on the Catholic Church, it also includes discussion of women’s roles in other denominations.… Read more...
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...
Earlier this month I took part in a conversation organized by the Religion Media Centre on Northern Ireland’s Post-Brexit Religious and Political Divide.
Moderated by broadcaster William Crawley, the panel included:
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Reflecting on the Church Leaders’ St Patrick’s Day Confession’. Is this the churches’ most comprehensive confession ever for their historic contributions to division and violence?
