There’s a pamphlet being distributed at Clonard Monastery, ‘Little Steps on Our Pilgrim Way,’ written by Fr Gerry Reynolds. It details some of the activities of Clonard’s reconciliation mission and informs people of the next ‘In Joyful Hope’ shared Eucharist/communion … Read more...
Category: Morality
Review of David Mitchell’s ‘Politics and Peace in Northern Ireland’ on Slugger O’Toole
SSSR’s Distinguished Book Award for The Deconstructed Church
I’m pleased to share that my latest book, co-authored with Gerardo Marti, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity (Oxford, 2014) has been awarded the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion’s 2015 Distinguished Book Award. The announcement was made at … Read more...
Is Reconciliation Possible after Violent Conflict? On The Religion Factor
Is Reconciliation Possible after Violent Conflict? Analysing Christian Peacebuilders and their Promotion of Reconciliation
Last week I presented a lecture at the Centre for Religion, Conflict and the Public Domain (CRCPD) at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands titled, ‘Is Reconciliation Possible after Violent Conflict? Analysing Christian Peacebuilders and their Promotion of Reconciliation.’ … Read more...
Compromise after Conflict Web Resource – New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog about the launch of the Compromise after Conflict research project’s web resource. The project was based at Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Aberdeen and compared Northern Ireland, South … Read more...
The Deconstructed Church Reviewed by James Spickard in American Journal of Sociology
My latest book, co-authored with Gerardo Marti, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity (Oxford 2014) has been reviewed by James Spickard in the American Journal of Sociology.
You can read the full review on my academia.edu profile. There are … Read more...
Review of Sub-Saharan Africa Between Conflict and Reconciliation by Rita Schafer on Welt-Sichten
Sub-Saharan Africa Between Conflict and Reconciliation, an edited volume for which Joram Tarusarira and I wrote a chapter, has been reviewed by Rita Schafer on the German language website Welt-Sichten. Schafer praises the book for providing ‘some impetus … Read more...
50 Years of Corrymeela: Does Faith-Based Reconciliation Work? Conversation on Sunday Sequence
This week I participated in a panel discussion on BBC Radio Ulster’s Sunday Sequence which asked – in light of the 50th anniversary of the Corrymeela Community – if faith-based reconciliation efforts have contributed to peace in Northern Ireland.… Read more...
The Last Three Days with Rodrigo Gularte – Part III
Today is the third and final post in a series on this blog by Christina Widiantarti, who served on the team of lawyers for Rodrigo Gularte, a Brazilian who was executed in Indonesia in April. Gularte had been diagnosed with … Read more...
