Building a Church Without Walls
There’s a new post on ‘The Religion Factor’ blog, ‘The Politics of Apology: Zimbabwe after the 2018 Elections,’ by Joram Tarusarira. It is well worth a read.
Tarusarira, director of the Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalisation at the University … Read more...
Teaching worldviews could enhance Religious Education in Schools – my thoughts on the proposed changes to RE in England and Wales in The Conversation.… Read more...
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Faith in the Shadow of the Abuse Crisis – Review of Aidan Donaldson’s The Beatitudes of Pope Francis.… Read more...
I have an article in the American magazine ‘Foreign Policy’ about the Pope’s visit to Ireland: Pope Francis Can’t Redeem Irish Catholicism. … Read more...
There has been plenty of speculation about what to expect from Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland. With the Pope now on Irish soil, I’m among those watching and waiting to see how it all unfolds.
Yesterday, I spoke with Radio … Read more...
Yesterday’s BBC Radio 4 PM programme included a feature on Ireland between the visits of Popes John Paul II and Francis. Available at the 41.15 mark below, it is a six-minute segment which takes listeners from Dana’s Number One hit … Read more...
This week’s Tablet has a special focus on ‘Francis in Ireland,’ and I have contributed an article, ‘Only the People can now Save the Church in Ireland.’
The article can be read for free on the Tablet’s website after a … Read more...
I have a new article on RTE’s Brainstorm, After Francis: What’s the Future for the Church in Ireland?
This is the first paragraph, but you can click here to read it in full:
Opinion: despite the changes since the … Read more...
The Trinity College Dublin School of Religion will host the Wijngaards Institute for a panel discussion on the occasion of Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland, VOICES POPE FRANCIS WILL NOT HEAR, on Monday 20 August in the Trinity School of … Read more...
I have just become aware of Catherine Maignant’s review of my latest book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland, published in 2016 in the French-language academic journal, Etudes Irlandaises (Irish Studies).
Maignant is Professor of Irish Studies at the University of Lille.… Read more...
I will be speaking at an event at the ESRC Festival of Social Science, ‘The End of Catholic Ireland?’ on Tues 6 Nov at the Dark Horse in Belfast. The event is organised by the Slugger O’Toole blog. Historian Margaret … Read more...