The Fermanagh Churches Forum recently hosted a conference on “Flags, God and Divided Loyalties.” Although I was away and unable to attend, by all accounts there was lively discussion and some productive thinking about how churches can contribute to the … Read more...
Category: Sociology of Religion
Launch of Pyrotheology Website – Every Bush is Burning
A new website that explains the burgeoning theological project ‘pyrotheology,’ and how Christian collectives might enact this through ‘transformance art,’ has been unveiled.
Pyrotheology has come to be associated with the Ikon collective in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the writings … Read more...
The Churches and Reconciliation in Ireland: Opportunities (at the Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism)
Yesterday I blogged about the first part of a paper I presented at a colloquium organised by the new Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism (CSIP) and the Kennedy Institute on Conflict Resolution at the National University of Ireland … Read more...
The Churches and Reconciliation in Ireland: Challenges (at the Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism)
Last night I participated in a colloquium organised by the new Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism (CSIP) and the Kennedy Institute for Conflict Resolution at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth. The colloquium helped to mark the … Read more...
Religion, Ex-Combatants and Peace in Northern Ireland–Book Review: New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, a review of Religion, Ex-Combatants and Peace in Northern Ireland by John Brewer, David Mitchell and Gerard Leavey.… Read more...
Building Peace in Northern Ireland by Maria Power – Book Review in Irish Literary Supplement
My review of Maria Power’s Building Peace in Northern Ireland (Liverpool University Press, 2011) has been published in the latest edition of the Irish Literary Supplement (Spring 2013, V32, N2, pp. 18-19) under the headline, “Peace in the Valley.”
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… Read more...Tweet if you Love Jesus by Elizabeth Drescher: Book Review
What is God up to online? In Tweet if You Love Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation (Morehouse Publishing, 2011), Elizabeth Drescher tells us that he’s up to quite a lot. She also warns that if churches don’t … Read more...
East Central Ministries in Albuquerque – Following Jesus in the Real World
Back when I was conducting research for my Ph.D., which resulted in my book Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland (Palgrave, 2008), I interviewed people who were involved with the now-defunct organization Zero28.
Zero28 was a socio-political action group, … Read more...
Say “Yes” to Ikon on Sunday 10 February at the MAC
The next Ikon – titled “Yes. Ikon” – is this Sunday, 10 February, at 7 pm at the MAC in Belfast.
Alas, as with most of the events in Belfast’s 4 Corners Festival, I’ll be unable to attend from … Read more...
The Deconstructed Church – Seminar at University of New Mexico, Friday 8 Feb
It’s hard to believe that nearly a month has passed since I arrived as a visiting researcher at the Southwest Institute on Religion and Civil Society at the University of New Mexico (UNM). During that time, my main task has … Read more...
The Emerging Church: Religion at the Margins by Josh Packard – Book Review, or How to Maintain an Anti-Institutional Religion
A new book by Josh Packard, The Emerging Church: Religion at the Margins (First Forum Press, 2012), offers some welcome insights on questions I’ve repeatedly been asked (and have asked myself) about the Emerging Church Movement (ECM), such as:
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