I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, a review of Archbishop Robin Eames’ book Unfinished Search. I ask: Will another opportunity to address the past slip through our hands?… Read more...
Category: Terrorism
Review of David Bolton’s ‘Conflict, Peace and Mental Health’
Jonathan Powell on Ending Conflicts – New Post on Slugger O’Toole
Review of One Man, One God: The Peace Ministry of Fr Alec Reid, on Slugger O’Toole
From Religious Illiteracy to Muslim Prayer Rooms – Exploring Religious Freedom in Northern Ireland
The Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice’s Spring Festival of Conflict Transformation opened yesterday (26 April) with a panel discussion on ‘Radicalisation and Religious Freedom on Campus and in the Community.’
Free Lunch & Discussion on ‘Radicalisation and Freedom of Religion on Campus and in the Community,’ 26 April at Queen’s
In March 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that employers could ban staff from wearing religious and political symbols. This ruling highlights how fears of religious radicalisation and threats to religious freedom are common across Europe. … Read more...
Bertie Ahern: Reflections on Peace in a Changed Ireland – New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog about Bertie Ahern’s ‘Reflections on Peace in a Changed Ireland.’ It is based on Ahern’s closing lecture in the Spring Festival of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation … Read more...
Northern Ireland: My Entry in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
I have written the entry for Northern Ireland in the new Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism (John Wiley and Sons Inc), edited by John Stone (Boston University), Rutledge Dennis (George Mason University), Polly Rizova (Willamette University), Anthony … Read more...
Fr Charlie Burrows: To Win Peace you need “Boots on the Ground”
Today the blog features a new guest post from Fr Charlie Burrows, a priest with Oblate Mission Development, an office of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He has served in Chilachap on Java’s southern coast for the past 40 … Read more...
Terry Waite on ‘Reconciliation: A Challenge to and Central Calling for the Churches’ at the Irish Churches Peace Project Conference
Terry Waite, who is best known for being held hostage for five years by the Islamic Jihad Organisation (between 1987-1991), was a keynote speaker at Friday’s Irish Churches Peace Project (ICPP) conference on ‘Faithful Peacebuilding’ at the Hilton in Templepatrick.… Read more...
New Post on Slugger O’Toole: Joseph Ruane on Ireland’s Crises
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Joseph Ruane on Ireland’s Crisis: North-South Intersections – from the Taming of the Celtic Tiger to the Rise of Sinn Fein in the Republic. … Read more...