Last week I wrote an initial overview review of a new book edited by Ryan Bolger, The Gospel After Christendom: New Voices, New Cultures, New Expressions (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012). The book contains 28 chapters by scholars and practitioners, … Read more...
Category: Sociology of Religion
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing–Glengormley Presbyterian Church
Today we continue with Fr Martin Magill’s reflections on ‘ecumenical tithing’, featuring his experience at Glengormley Presbyterian Church
Fr Martin Magill at Glengormley Presbyterian Church
Owing to the assistance of a neighbouring priest, I was free from commitments to … Read more...
Ryan Bolger’s The Gospel after Christendom–Book Review, Part I
The Gospel after Christendom: New Voices, New Cultures, New Expressions (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012) is an ambitious attempt to conceptualise, synthesise, and internationalise the Emerging Church Movement (ECM). Edited by Ryan Bolger, co-author of one of the earliest books … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing–Prof John Brewer at Fitzroy Presbyterian
This week we continue with Fr Martin Magill’s experiences of ecumenical tithing. Last night he visited Fitzroy Presbyterian in Belfast, where Prof John Brewer of Queen’s University spoke on the findings in his new book, Religion, Ex Combatants and Peace … Read more...
Fr Michael Bennett Guest Post–Response to The Catholic Church in Ireland in Transition – Reflections for Zimbabwe
In a recent post I shared the text of an article that was published in the latest issue of Mukai/Vukani (meaning “Wake up!”), the Jesuit Journal for Theological Reflection in Zimbabwe, titled ‘The Catholic Church in Ireland in Transition – … Read more...
Jay Bakker – Faith, Doubt, and Other Lines I’ve Crossed: Book Review and Interview in Belfast Tues 23 April
What is God like? Is doubt harmful to faith? Who do Christians marginalise? Those are just some of the questions explored in a new book by Jay Bakker, Faith, Doubt, and Other Lines I’ve Crossed: Walking with the Unknown God… Read more...
What We Talk About When We Talk About God by Rob Bell – Book Review and Talks in Manchester and Edinburgh Tues and Wed
Rob Bell’s latest book, What We Talk About When We Talk About God (Collins, 2013), can be read on a number of levels.
First – there is the level of pure enjoyment, which even some of his critics are willing
… Read more...The Idolatry of God (with Peter Rollins) Starts Next Week in Belfast … tickets still available
In my review of Peter Rollins’ latest book, The Idolatry of God, I wrote that debate should focus on:
… Read more...“ … whether or not Rollins’ articulation of what it could mean to live authentically as Christians in a world
The Catholic Church in Ireland in Transition – Reflections for Zimbabwe, Published in Mukai/Vukani
I have had an article published in the latest issue of Mukai/Vukani (meaning “Wake up!”), the Jesuit Journal for Theological Reflection in Zimbabwe. This edition (volume 64, April 2013) discusses “The Church in Transition.” With kind permission from the editor, … Read more...
Trevor Morrow on the Ulster Covenant, the Reformed Churches, and Irish Identity (at the Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism)
I recently blogged about a colloquium at the Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism and the Kennedy Institute for Conflict Resolution at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth. The colloquium helped to mark the visit of Rev Dr … Read more...
Kester Brewin’s After Magic: Book Review – What can Batman Teach us about Christianity?
It turns out Batman has a lot to teach us about Christianity.
The latest book from Kester Brewin, After Magic: Moves Beyond Super-nature from Batman to Shakespeare, takes us into the worlds of literature and comic book heroes in … Read more...