Building a Church Without Walls
I will be answering Rev Steve Stockman’s probing questions on the topic of “Emerging Christianity: What has it to Teach Northern Ireland Evangelicalism?” on Sunday 14 September at 7.00 pm at Fitzroy Presbyterian Church in Belfast.
The discussion will draw … Read more...
My latest book, co-authored with Gerardo Marti, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2014) was featured in an Authors Meet Critics session on 14 August at the Association for the Sociology of Religion annual meeting in San … Read more...
Religion in Times of Crisis, a new book I’ve edited with Heidemarie Winkel of the Technical University of Dresden and Christophe Monnot of the University of Lausanne, has been published by Brill as part of the Association for the … Read more...
Previously I blogged about the launch of the new Scottish Religious Cultures Network.
Given my own research interest on religion on the island of Ireland, including the religious links between Northern Ireland/Ulster and Scotland, I’m enthusiastic about this new venture.… Read more...
As recounted in previous blog posts, in April I spoke at Peter Rollins’ Holy Ghosts event in Belfast. The title of my talk was “Questions that Haunt Emerging Christianity.” It was based in part on my new book, co-authored … Read more...
I’m still processing information and insights from last month’s Holy Ghosts event in Belfast. Hosted by Peter Rollins, Holy Ghosts was described as “a carefully curated festival of ideas,” and featured lectures and discussions as well as music, a … Read more...
This week advance copies of my new book, co-authored with Gerardo Marti, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity, arrived in Belfast. Although the book won’t officially be published until May, I got a special dispensation from Oxford University Press to … Read more...
In September (3rd-5th), Belfast will host the bi-annual meeting of the European Sociological Association’s Sociology of Religion Research Network, the theme of which is ‘Religion in the Public Domain.’
Among the keynote speakers is Prof … Read more...
The new Scottish Religious Cultures Network (SRCN) has launched a website. SRCN is based at the University of Glasgow, but includes collaborators from across the UK and Ireland. It is funded by the Royals Society of Edinburgh’s research networking … Read more...
In September (3rd-5th), Belfast will host the bi-annual meeting of the European Sociological Association’s Sociology of Religion Research Network, the theme of which is ‘Religion in the Public Domain.’
My latest book, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity (Oxford University Press), co-authored with Gerardo Marti, is well and truly ‘in press.’ We have received the cover image and the endorsements, and expect the finished product to be available in … Read more...
