Art, Culture and Conflict at the Hugh Lane Thursday 3 November

imageI will be presenting at a seminar on ‘Art, Culture and Conflict’ at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin on Thursday 3 November at 6.30 pm.

My talk is titled ‘Surveying Religion’s Public Role: Perspectives on Diversity, Reconciliation and Ecumenism.’Read more...

Speaking About Faith: Lessons from Northern Ireland’s Faith Minorities

imageOn Wednesday the Irish School of Ecumenics (Trinity College Dublin at Belfast), where I work, hosted a meeting of the Northern Ireland Inter Faith Forum. I was the guest speaker, and presented some results from our Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism Read more...

The Experiences of Faith Minorities in Northern Ireland–Talk on Wednesday 5 October for the NI Inter Faith Forum

imageOn Wednesday I’ll be presenting research from my School’s Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism project at a talk for the Northern Ireland Inter Faith Forum titled, ‘Living Religion in Northern Ireland: Experiences of People of Minority Faiths in a Christian Read more...

Ireland’s New Religious Movements: Book Review & Book Launch

imageThe recently published book, Ireland’s New Religious Movements (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011), co-edited by Olivia Cosgrove, Laurence Cox, Carmen Kuhling and Peter Mulholland, provides a fascinating snapshot on this island’s increasing religious diversity.

Dr Marion Bowman will launch the … Read more...

Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism: More Research Results Now Available

image Reflections on and results from my School’s major research project, ‘Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism: Diversity, Dialogue and Reconciliation,’ have become available in a variety of outlets over the last few weeks. The research team is hoping that the publication of … Read more...

Faith and Community Relations Seminar – What now for the Churches?

image Yesterday Trinity College Dublin at Belfast (the Irish School of Ecumenics) hosted a seminar on ‘Faith and Community Relations: Perspectives on Diversity, Dialogue and Reconciliation.’ I presented an update on the progress on my School’s research project, ‘Visioning 21st Century Read more...

Evangelicalism in Ireland: Slow Motion Revival or Faction Fighting?

image Patrick Mitchel, a lecturer in theology at the Irish Bible Institute in Dublin, has posted a blog about ‘Irish evangelicals: unity in diversity or just disunity?’ In the post, Mitchel engages with a chapel message delivered by Crawford GribbenRead more...

Seminar on Faith & Community Relations April 28, 2010

image I’ll be conducting a seminar based on the findings of my School’s IRCHSS-funded research project, ‘Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism,’ on Wednesday April 28, 2010 from 12 noon- 1p.m. at The Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin at Belfast, 683 … Read more...

Bishop Richard Clarke Elected President of Irish Council of Churches

image Richard Clarke, Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and Kildare, was last month elected President of the Irish Council of Churches. His term will last until 2012.

The April 9 edition of the Church of Ireland Gazette features Clarke’s election … Read more...

The Suspension of Bishop Paul Verryn & the Zimbabwean Refugees: Problems with being a Prophet?

image Last month Bishop Paul Verryn was suspended from the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. Bishop Verryn was a prominent anti-apartheid campaigner and has in recent years become well-known for opening the doors of the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg … Read more...