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.

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Fortnight Review of ‘Considering Grace: Presbyterians and the Troubles’ by Claire Mitchell: ‘a gritty and poignant exploration’

Claire Mitchell has reviewed Considering Grace: Presbyterians and the Troubles, by Jamie Yohanis and me, in Northern Ireland’s Fortnight magazine (January 2022 edition). 

Mitchell, a writer based in Belfast and a former sociologist at Queen’s University, calls the book … Read more...

Read the Signs: Detecting Early Warning Signals of Interreligious Conflict by Peter Ochs et al published in Special Issue

Another article has been published in our special issue of the journal Religions on ‘Religious Conflict and Peacebuilding: Advances in the Field’ by Peter Ochs, Essam Fahim, and Paola Pinzon from the University of Virginia. Ochs is the Edgar M. … Read more...

Julia Newton Wins Sídh (Postgraduate) Essay Prize

Julia Newton, a graduate of Queen’s MA in Conflict Transformation and Social Justice, has won the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religion’s 2021 Sídh (Postgraduate) Essay Prize.

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‘Religious Environmental Sensemaking in Climate-Induced Conflicts’ by Joram Tarusarira published in Special Issue of Religions

The next article has been published in the special issue of the open-access journal Religions on ‘Religious Conflict and Peacebuilding: Advances in the Field’, co-edited by Joram Tarusarira and me. 

‘Religious Environmental Sensemaking in Climate-Induced Conflicts’, by Tarusarira, explores the … Read more...

‘The March Is Not Ended’: ‘Church’ Confronting the State over the Zimbabwean Crisis by Molly Manyonganise: article published in special issue

Another article has been published in the special issue of the open-access journal Religions on ‘Religious Conflict and Peacebuilding: Advances in the Field’, co-edited by Joram Tarusarira and me. 

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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.

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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. 

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Religion and the Study of Peace: Practice without Reflection by Atalia Omer – first article published in special issue

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.

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RTE Brainstorm post on Women in Ministry in Ireland

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...