Ray Davey, one of the principal founders of the Corrymeela Community, passed away 16 April 2012 at the age of 96.
One of the elders among Christian peacemakers on this island, Davey was a Presbyterian chaplain at Queen’s University … Read more...
Category: Peace Studies
Picking up the Pieces in the Border Counties
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...
Talking about Reconciliation … New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, titled ‘Talking about Reconciliation,’ which explores some of the implications of recent attempts by republicans to use the R-word in Northern Ireland’s public sphere.… Read more...
Picking up the Pieces at Belfast’s Interfaces
The last episode of RTE Radio One’s six-part ‘Picking up the Pieces in Northern Ireland’ series is set to air at 8 pm on Easter Sunday. The series has thus far examined the often unnoticed and unsung peacebuilding work of … Read more...
Is Reconciliation Making a Tentative Return to Public Debate in Northern Ireland?
My last two weeks have been more unsettled than usual, involving presenting my research at two conferences: The Political Studies Association (PSA) conference at the Europa in Belfast (3-5 April) and the British Sociological Association Sociology of Religion Study Group … Read more...
Irish School of Ecumenics Featured in North Belfast News
My School has been featured in North Belfast’s local weekly, the North Belfast News.
The article, written by Kieran Hughes, explains the history of the school and includes an interview with Dr Geraldine Smyth, the Head of the School.
The … Read more...
Clonard’s Unity Pilgrims: Picking up the Pieces in Northern Ireland
‘If only they had known him, they would never have killed him.’ Not long after he had been posted to Clonard Monastery in West Belfast in the 1980s, that’s what a Protestant woman from the Shankill Road said to Redemptorist … Read more...
The Gospel According to Christy Moore: New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog on ‘The Gospel According to Christy Moore,’ performed by musicians from Fitzroy Presbyterian last night at St Oliver Plunkett’s Church in Lenadoon.
(Image of Christy Moore from Rev Steve Stockman’s … Read more...
Picking up the Pieces Through Sport in Northern Ireland
Last summer, a student from France came to interview me about my work and research in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at the Irish School of Ecumenics. Eventually, he asked me a question about integration in my own personal life.… Read more...
Can Northern Ireland ‘Embrace the Language of Profound Change?’ New Post on Slugger O’Toole
It deals with the content of a report launched today at NICVA, ‘Progressing Good Relations and Reconciliation in Post Agreement Northern … Read more...
Johnston McMaster on Signing Up to the Covenant: An Alternative Vision for the Future
Beginning this year, (some) people in Northern Ireland are already planning to commemorate a series of historically divisive events, which occurred between 1912 and 1922. These events have the potential to open up old wounds and animosities and destabilise progress … Read more...