Brian Conway Reviews Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: ‘A superb book for students of religion’

TransformingPostCatholicCoverBrian Conway, a lecturer in Sociology at Maynooth University, has reviewed my latest book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Religious Practice in Late Modernity, in the academic journal Irish Theological Quarterly 81(4), 2016. 

I’ve reproduced excerpts from the review below. I particularly … Read more...

Reading Religion Review of Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: ‘action research at its best’

linda&gladysMy latest book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Religious Practice in Late Modernityhas been reviewed on the new Reading Religion website, a publication of the American Academy of Religion.

The review is written by Amy Heath-Carpentier, a graduate student … Read more...

My New Book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland, on Newstalk with Sean Moncrieff

TransformingPostCatholicCoverYesterday I was interviewed on Newstalk FM about my latest book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Religious Practice in Late Modernity.

You can listen to the full interview (about 12 minutes) below, where host Sean Moncrieff asks some wide-ranging questions.

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Ireland as a Post-Catholic Religious Market? The Church in a Pluralist Society Conference

TransformingPostCatholicCoverLast week I presented a paper, ‘Ireland as a Post-Catholic Religious Market? The Role of Extra-Institutional Religion,’ at a conference on ‘The Church in a Pluralist Society,’ hosted by the Loyola Institute in Trinity College Dublin. 

The talk was based … Read more...

“Essential reading for anyone involved in Christian Church leadership in Ireland in 2016”: Steve Stockman Reviews Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland

TransformingLaunchRev Steve Stockman, the minister at Fitzroy Presbyterian Church in Belfast, has reviewed my latest book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Religious Practice in Late Modernity. 

Writing on his blog Soul Surmise, he says:

For 20 years I have watched, and wrestled

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Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland – Author Meets Critics Session

linda&gladysMy latest book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Religious Practice in Late Modernity (Oxford 2016) was launched Tuesday at the Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE), Trinity College Dublin, with an ‘author meets critics’ session.

 

 

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Canon Giles Fraser to Speak on Refugees at St George’s, Belfast, 22 April

frasertwitterCanon 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...

Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Book Launch and Author Meets Critics Session on 12 April in Dublin

TransformingPostCatholicCoverI’m delighted to announce that the launch of my new book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Religious Practice in Late Modernity (Oxford, 2016) will be marked with an Author Meets Critics session at the Irish School of Ecumenics in Dublin on 12 … Read more...

Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Video of My Talk at Rubicon

TransformingPostCatholicCoverBack in November, I spoke at the Rubicon conference about my latest book — due out next week — Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland. 

The research that I conducted for my book speaks directly to how Ireland’s historically Catholic culture has changed … Read more...

Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Read the First Chapter for Free!

My latest book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Religious Practice in Late Modernityis due to be published in a few weeks by Oxford University Press (OUP).

TransformingPostCatholicCoverOUP has made the first chapter available for free on their website – click Read more...

Launch of The Art of Listening – What will we hear at the 2016 Four Corners Festival? New Post on Slugger O’Toole

DSC03062You can read my report about the launch of the 2016 Four Corners Festival on the Slugger O’Toole blog. This year’s theme is ‘the art of listening.’… Read more...