I have a post on the Slugger O’Toole blog about an education and training programme delivered by Rev Dr Johnston McMaster and Dr Cathy Higgins, ‘Remembering a Decade of Change and Violence in Ireland, 1912-1922,’ that will run for seven … Read more...
Category: Irish politics
Remembering, Forgiving & Forgetting at Queen’s, 24 Oct: New Post on Slugger O’Toole
Celebrating Louis MacNeice in Carrickfergus: New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Celebrating Louis MacNeice in Carrickfergus,’ about an event that took place there last week to mark the anniversary of the birth of the poet and playwright.… Read more...
Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: New Book to be Published with Oxford
I’m delighted to announce that I am now under contract for my next book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland. The book will be published by Oxford University Press in 2016.
So while that’s some time to wait, here’s a summary of the … Read more...
Marie Keenan: Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church – Book Review, Part 4: Addressing Clerical Sexual Abuse
Today I post my final review in a series on Marie Keenan’s book, Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church: Gender, Power, and Organizational Culture (Oxford University Press, 2012).
I don’t think that the book has received as much attention … Read more...
New Post on Slugger O’Toole: Constitutions and Culture Wars
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Constitutions and Culture Wars: Institute for British Irish Studies Conference at UCD. The conference marked the retirement of UCD Prof of Politics John Coakley, founding director of IBIS, and … Read more...
To Vote is a Privilege; To Vote has Dilemmas: Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing at Fitzroy Presbyterian with Brett Lockhart and Fr Tim Bartlett
This week for his ecumenical tithing Fr Martin Magill attended – and helped to organise – a Sunday evening event at Fitzroy Presbyterian, “To Vote is a Privilege; To Vote has Dilemmas” with Brett Lockhart QC and Fr Tim Bartlett. … Read more...
Ecumenical Celebration in Thanksgiving for Fr Alec Reid – Visioning Unity and Reconciliation
This week’s Ecumenical Celebration in Thanksgiving for the Life and Ministry of Fr Alec Reid continued the tributes that had poured in since his passing on 22 November. The service at Clonard Monastery (you can watch online here), which … Read more...
14 Days–Screening Tonight at Fitzroy Presbyterian
One of the most powerful documentaries about the Troubles, 14 Days, will be screened tonight at 7.30 at Fitzroy Presbyterian Church in Belfast.
The film traces a series of events in March 1988, beginning with the killing of the Gibraltar … Read more...
What can we Learn from the Christians of St Nicholas Church, Leipzig?
Several weeks ago, I visited Leipzig, Germany, as part of my work as an external advisor to Joram Tarusarira, a Zimbabwean who is completing his Ph.D. there on the role of religious ‘non conformists’ in contributing to reconciliation in … Read more...
Churches Contributing to Reconciliation? Reflections on the Clonard-Fitzroy Fellowship
Regular readers of this blog will know that one of its main concerns is exploring how Christians can contribute to reconciliation on this island.
The longstanding Clonard-Fitzroy Fellowship has been well-researched (see Ronald Wells’ Friendship Towards Peace and Hope and … Read more...