My School’s recent surveys of faith leaders and lay people on the island of Ireland asked a series of questions about ecumenism. While most people claim to have positive conceptions of ecumenism, others say it is elitist, irrelevant, or boring, … Read more...
Category: Churches & Reconciliation
Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism: More Research Results Now Available
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...
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin Speaks Out on Abuse in the Irish Catholic Church
One of the most striking features of the current crisis in the Irish Catholic Church is the huge disconnect between high-ranking clergy and laypeople. As stunned laypeople struggle to come to grips with the scale of clerical sexual abuse and … Read more...
Emerging Women? Is the Emerging Church Dominated by White Men?
During the question and response time at a seminar last week by Dr Peter Rollins (a philosopher whose ideas have been associated with the emerging church movement), a member of the audience asked: where are all the women? About 30 … Read more...
Symposium on the Eucharist in Ecumenical Perspective in Dublin May 13-14, 2010
As part of my School’s research project, ‘Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism,’ we will be teaming up with the Glenstal Ecumenical Symposium to host a two-day workshop on ‘The Eucharist in Ecumenical Perspective: A Conversation with John Gibaut and Aikaterini Pekridou,’… Read more...
Faith and Community Relations Seminar – What now for the Churches?
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...
Crisis in the Irish Catholic Church – the Kingdom v. the Institution, Final Guest Post by Fr Michael Bennett
Today is the final instalment of Fr Michael Bennett’s Guest Posts on the crisis in the Irish Catholic Church, A Look from Afar.
Fr Michael concludes with reflections on the concept of the ‘kingdom of God,’ juxtaposing it against the … Read more...
Seminar on Faith & Community Relations April 28, 2010
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
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...
Easter Sunday in Ireland: Apology & Protest
The Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, sparked controversy this weekend when the content of an interview that is scheduled to be broadcast Monday on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week was revealed. In it Williams proclaimed that … Read more...
Enda McDonagh Book Review: Theology in Winter Light. Reflections for Good Friday
The Epilogue to Enda McDonagh’s latest book, Theology in Winter Light (Columba, 2010) is titled ‘A Crucified People.’ It opens with a quotation from the Gospel of Mark (15.33): And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over … Read more...