I have written a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog about tomorrow’s Platform for Change election hustings at the Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast. Platform for Change describes itself ‘the NGO pursuing a new politics in Northern Ireland,’ and … Read more...
Category: Social Justice
Joram Tarusarira on Religion in Zimbabwe–the Debate Continues
Debate continues over on the new Religion in Zimbabwe website, with the latest blog contribution from Joram Tarusarira on ‘Deconstructing the Pastoral Letters: Let us Work for the Common Good.’
Tarusarira, now a doctoral candidate at the University of Leipzig, … Read more...
Un-Emergent for Lent: Book Review of Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck, Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be)
I’m an alumnus of one of Ikon’s ‘Atheism for Lent’ courses. Back in 2006, along with about ten others, I read Merold Westphal’s Suspicion and Faith: the Religious Uses of Modern Atheism. What sticks with me about the course, which … Read more...
Journey Towards Healing: Should Northern Ireland Recover the Biblical Practice of Lament?
Last week’s conference at the Europa Hotel in Belfast, Journey Towards Healing: Trauma and Spirituality – an International Dialogue, has stimulated debate about a variety of issues that faith leaders and health professionals might fruitfully address together in post-conflict transitions. … Read more...
New Monasticism as Fresh Expression of Church? Book Review
What’s new monasticism got to do with the emerging church? That’s a question that receives a variety of answers in a new book edited by Graham Cray, Ian Mosby and Aaron Kennedy, Ancient Faith, Future Mission: New Monasticism as Fresh … Read more...
Listening Process in Down and Connor: New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post called ‘Listening Process in Down and Connor: What are People in the Irish Catholic Church Saying’ on the Slugger O’Toole blog. It describes my experience at last night’s ‘listening session’ at Clonard Monastery in … Read more...
Is the Emerging Church Liberal? Peter Rollins on Atheism
I cringe when I hear the emerging church described as liberal. I’m an American from a conservative evangelical background, so maybe that’s because I got so used to hearing ‘liberal’ used as a term of derision when I was growing … Read more...
Is Egypt Possible in Zimbabwe?: Guest Post by Fr Michael Bennett
The seemingly successful and relatively peaceful people’s revolution in Egypt has prompted commentators to ask if these events could spark similar movements elsewhere.
That’s a question that has been articulated in what remains of Zimbabwe’s independent media, as illustrated in … Read more...
Jay Bakker: Book Review of Fall to Grace – Can Churches Find Enough Grace for Gay Marriage?
Jay Bakker’s latest book, Fall to Grace: A Revolution of God, Self and Society (Faith Words 2011) is on the face of it a part-biography, part pop-theology meditation on the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Galatians.
Heresies and How to Avoid Them?: Thoughts on Ikon, Heretics and a Plea to Listen to Them
Not long ago I got one of those amazon.co.uk recommendations for a book called, Heresies and How to Avoid Them: Why it Matters What Christians Believe (SPCK 2007). How did amazon deduce my sympathy for heresy?, I wondered, before realising … Read more...
The Last Bloody Sunday March: Changing How We Remember the Past?
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’ve written a post called ‘The Last Bloody Sunday March: Changing How We Remember the Past?’ on the Slugger O’Toole blog.
(image: Guildhall Square, Derry, at the conclusion of the March)… Read more...