Building a Church Without Walls
I have just become aware of a review of my book, co-authored with Jamie Yohanis, Considering Grace: Presbyterians and the Troubles, in Familia, Ulster Genealogical Review, a publication of the Ulster Historical Foundation.
David Steers’s review begins with the wonderfully … Read more...
On Saturday, Fr Martin Magill used his regular column in the Belfast Telegraph to reflect on my book, co-authored with Jamie Yohanis, Considering Grace: Presbyterians and the Troubles.
The book was part of a project conducted in partnership with the … Read more...
All runners know that a training partner can push them on to greater heights. My ‘Thought for the Day’ on BBC Radio Ulster reflects on training with others, in light of Ethiopian athletes’ belief in the concept of idil.
My Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Ulster contemplates the example of the Buta seminarians during a violent attack on their seminary in 1997.
You can listen here, or read the text below.
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I am delighted that a special issue of Irish Political Studies celebrating the work of Professor Jennifer Todd has been published.
Along with David Mitchell, I co-edited the special issue, which is titled ‘The Politics of Conflict and Transformation: The … Read more...
Graham Spencer, Reader in Political Conflict at the University of Portsmouth, has reviewed my book (co-authored with Jamie Yohanis), Considering Grace: Presbyterians and the Troubles. It has just been published in Irish Political Studies (18 March 2021).
Spencer writes that … Read more...
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?
I’m delighted that my co-authored chapter – with Nicola Brady, General Secretary of the Irish Council of Churches – will be published in a special journal, ‘Dealing with the Legacy of Conflict in Northern Ireland through Engagement and Dialogue,’ published … Read more...
Rev Dr Ivan Patterson, President of the Irish Council of Churches, recently offered some reflections for the ‘Care4Clergy’ group based on research published in my report on churches during the pandemic, ‘People Still Need Us.’
Patterson’s reflections were posted on … Read more...
I have a new article in Reality magazine, ‘Choice and Uncertainty: Why Secularisation is Good for the Churches.’
Reality is published by Redemptorist Communications Ireland. You can purchase a copy here.
I have reproduced the first few paragraphs of the … Read more...
My Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Ulster marks International Women’s Day with the story of a pioneering politician from my home state, Maine: Margaret Chase Smith.
You can listen here, or read the text below: