Last month I participated in a summer school at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, titled ‘Societies in Transition: Sub-Saharan Africa between Conflict and Reconciliation.’ One of the many pleasures of attending the summer school was catching up with … Read more...
Category: Social Justice
Evangelical Journeys Reviewed on Slugger O’Toole
It’s a thorough and generous review, which goes into considerable depth … Read more...
Evangelical Journeys Interview on Sunday Sequence
Claire Mitchell and I were guests this morning on BBC Radio Ulster’s Sunday Sequence. We discussed our new book, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture, published this month by UCD Press. You can listen … Read more...
Evangelical Journeys: Our New Book Available Thursday 7 July
You’ve got to love Amazon.co.uk’s publicity department. I just received one of those ‘you might enjoy …’ emails, trying to get me to buy a book for which I am the co-author!
That’s all by way of announcing that my … Read more...
David Masters on Consuming Peace – Can Theology Contribute to Peace in Ireland?
Earlier this month I started a series of blog posts reviewing chapters in an Irish Peace Centres’ publication, Studying Faith, Practising Peace, which asked graduate students in theology to address the question: ‘Do theological studies make a tangible … Read more...
John Peacock on Training in a Local Theology of Reconciliation – Can Theology Contribute to Peace in Ireland?
Over the last two days, I’ve been engaging with some of the work produced in the Irish Peace Centres’ publication, Studying Faith, Practising Peace. The chapters in this volume are what graduate students in theology in Ireland came … Read more...
Does the Middle Ground Have a Future? New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Does the Middle Ground Have a Future? Platform for Change AGM.’… Read more...
Thomas Merton Society Retreat, 11 June 2011
Northern Ireland’s still relatively new Thomas Merton Society will host a retreat on Saturday 11 June 2011 at Corrymeela Knocklayd. There are still some places available for the event, which features an appealing programme:
10.00 Arrival & Coffee.
10.20 … Read more...
Charlie Burrows, Irish Priest in Indonesia: Building a Church without Walls?
What would a church without walls look like? Given the tagline of this blog, you might think that this is something that I have some definite ideas about.
I usually find it difficult to articulate what a church without … Read more...
Fr Michael Bennett on Religion in Zimbabwe – the Debate Continues
Debate continues over on the new Religion in Zimbabwe website, with the latest blog contribution from Fr Michael Bennett on ‘Pastoral Letters Versus Party Ideology.’
Bennett, a priest with St Patrick’s Missionary Society, is currently serving in Limpopo Province, … Read more...
From Crisis to Hope: Can Churches Contribute to Northern Ireland’s Election Debate? New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘From Crisis to Hope: Can Churches Contribute to Northern Ireland’s Election Debate?’ It examines the issues raised at a discussion today at Springfield Road Methodist Church/Forthspring Community Centre on a document … Read more...