Building a Church Without Walls
Readers may remember I have written a few blog posts about the remarkable witness of Fr Charlie Burrows, an Irish missionary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate serving in Cilacap, Indonesia.
My very first post about Fr Burrows was after … Read more...
My new book, Considering Grace: Presbyterians and the Troubles, co-authored with Jamie Yohanis, will be launched this month in five different locations throughout Northern Ireland.
The publisher, Merrion Press, has made the Introduction of the book available online for free.… Read more...
Rev William Henry, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and I were interviewed on Sunday Sequence (27 Oct) about my latest book, Considering Grace: Presbyterians and the Troubles, co-authored with Jamie Yohanis.
You can listen to the … Read more...
The Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University invites you to attend a one-day conference on ‘Bending the Rules―LGB&T Stories of Faith, Change and Inclusion’, on Monday 21 October at Ulster University, Yorkgate campus, Room BA-00-008.
The event runs from … Read more...
In light of last week’s death of Robert Mugabe (the controversial former President of Zimbabwe), Joram Tarusarira has written a thought-provoking post on the ‘Religion Factor’ blog: ‘Loved and Hated in Equal Measure? The Religio-Political Legacy of Robert Mugabe.’
Kairos Ireland have organised a workshop, ‘Countering the Normalisation of the Israeli Occupation in the Eyes of the World’ on Monday 16 September at 7 pm in Belfast, at a venue to be confirmed.
The workshop features a panel of … Read more...
Although I am tardy in recognising it on this blog, the Irish Times covered the Irish Association conference that I participated in earlier this month at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, ‘Belief in the Future’.
Columnist Breda O’Brien featured … Read more...
I’ll be taking part in a half-day conference, ‘Belief in the Future: Religion and Changing Identity’, on Tuesday 2 July at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. I’ll be making the opening presentation, providing a snapshot of the island’s current … Read more...
Redemptorist Communications have recently re-posted two videos of the late Fr Gerry Reynolds, which were recorded by Matt Howard of the Australian Province.
In one, Fr Gerry speaks about the Unity Pilgrims initiative. His words include the hopeful assertion that … Read more...
I have published an article in the academic journal Peacebuilding, ‘Ex-combatants and post-liberal peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: challenging cultures of militarism’.
The publisher has made the article available free of charge to the first 50 people who download it at … Read more...
It’s the first day of the annual 4 Corners Festival. This year’s Festival theme is ‘Scandalous Forgiveness.’ On Sunday, I was part of a conversation on ‘The Essence of Forgiveness’ on BBC Radio Ulster’s Sunday Sequence.
Rev David Clements, … Read more...