Building a Church Without Walls
Is non violent resistance effective? That was the broad theme of a recent talk delivered by Javier Garate of War Resisters International (WRI) at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin at Belfast.
The talk, titled ‘Effective Non Violence … Read more...
On Wednesday I’ll be presenting research from my School’s Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism project at a talk for the Northern Ireland Inter Faith Forum titled, ‘Living Religion in Northern Ireland: Experiences of People of Minority Faiths in a Christian … Read more...
There are four events scheduled for Thursday 29 September in Belfast that are of great interest to me, and therefore also potentially of interest to readers of this blog. The biggest problem is how to choose where to go!
Concerned … Read more...
Shortly after this year’s Greenbelt, Kester Brewin speculated on his blog about a coming ‘year of opposition’ to the ‘theological direction that a few of us have been taking’ in the emerging church conversation.
Brewin wrote that:
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Fr Michael Hurley SJ, founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics, passed away in April. Following on from his funeral in Dublin, last week the Irish School of Ecumenics organised a special Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving in … Read more...
I spent most of last week at or preparing for the conference of the European Sociological Association in Geneva. During that time, there have been some useful follow-ups to two stories I’ve discussed recently on this blog:
Peter Rollins, Belfast native and a founding member of the Ikon Christian collective, returned to his native city last night for a talk titled ‘The Apocalypse isn’t Coming, it’s already Happened.’ Rollins has been living in the United States … Read more...
The Irish Peace Centres (IPC) will launch its latest report, “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities’ Experiences of Faith and Church in Northern Ireland” on Wednesday 7 September at 3.30 pm at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast.
The report, researched … Read more...
Ikon’s appearance at Greenbelt produced a rave review on the official Greenbelt blog, which made me feel an even deeper tinge of regret that I wasn’t there to witness the event first-hand.
As Ikon prepared for Greenbelt, they generously … Read more...
Peter Rollins’ forthcoming book Insurrection is an extended meditation on how our existing churches essentially teach us to deny the Resurrection of Christ.
As such, the book is a plea to reject the religion that Christianity has become. It’s a … Read more...
I’m always heartened when I see graduates of our Master’s in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation applying our course material in their work once they graduate. Yesterday’s guest post by Joram Tarusarira was one example of that. Today Fr Michael … Read more...