Building a Church Without Walls
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, reviewing a book (and accompanying website) by historian Philip Orr, New Perspectives: Politics, Religion and Conflict in Mid-Antrim, 1911-1914, published last year by the Mid-Antrim Museum.
Given Orr’s … Read more...
There are always alternatives.
While events may look like they were inevitable after the fact, Johnston McMaster and Cathy Higgins’ book, Signing the Covenant – But Which One?, asks us to recognise that not only are other options always … Read more...
Sunday’s liturgy in Fitzroy Presbyterian Church in Belfast included a performance of the winning entry in the Orange Order Song Contest – “By Any Means” – which was written and performed by Fitzroy congregant David Thompson.
Fitzroy is probably the … Read more...
The centenary celebrations for the signing of the Ulster Covenant passed relatively peacefully on Saturday, though perspectives on the day varied greatly depending on one’s political inclinations.
This is neatly illustrated on the front pages of the main nationalist (Irish … Read more...
I have a new post on Slugger O’Toole, on David Trimble and Michael McDowell’s perspectives on the Ulster Covenant. It is based on Saturday’s Institute for British Irish Studies at UCD/Irish Association conference at the Linenhall Library in Belfast. … Read more...
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: How will the Churches Remember the Ulster Covenant?… Read more...
You can watch the UTV interview with Presbyterian moderator Roy Patton, on which my post is partly … Read more...
In Northern Ireland, the ‘Twelfth fortnight’ is as renowned for people going away for their holidays as it is for people participating in its events. I’ve only recently returned from my holidays (which explains why I haven’t posted on this … Read more...
The fifth programme in RTE Radio One’s ‘Picking up the Pieces’ series features peacebuilding in the border counties of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, focusing on the work done among republican ex-prisoners and the Protestant minority in the … Read more...
My new book, co-authored with Claire Mitchell, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture, (UCD Press, 2011) was recently reviewed in the Church of Ireland Gazette by George Irwin.
This book … Read more...
Claire Mitchell and I were delighted with the launch of our new book, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture (UCD Press, 2011) on Tuesday 1 November at East Belfast Mission. Glenn Jordan, director of … Read more...
