Building a Church Without Walls
My new book, co-authored with Claire Mitchell, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture, (UCD Press, 2011) was recently reviewed in the Church of Ireland Gazette by George Irwin.
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Claire Mitchell and I were delighted with the launch of our new book, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture (UCD Press, 2011) on Tuesday 1 November at East Belfast Mission. Glenn Jordan, director of … Read more...
Claire Mitchell and I are happy to announce the launch of our new book, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture, on Tuesday 1 November at 6 pm at East Belfast Mission, 239 Newtownards Road, Belfast.… Read more...
I was in Geneva recently for the European Sociological Association conference. Geneva, of course, is one of the cradles of the European Reformation, probably best known as the long-time home of John Calvin and a one-time haven for the … Read more...
This year is the 400th anniversary of the translation of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible. This anniversary has received considerable attention in the media, and there have been many events marking the occasion throughout the … Read more...
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Do Words Matter?: Book Review of Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution – Debating Peace in Northern Ireland. The book is edited by Katy Hayward and Catherine O’Donnell and I contributed … Read more...
There have been plenty of commentaries posted in cyber space, and angry calls to radio talk shows, about the violence around the Twelfth over the last few days. I will refrain from summarising this almost endless stream of information, or … Read more...
You’ve got to love Amazon.co.uk’s publicity department. I just received one of those ‘you might enjoy …’ emails, trying to get me to buy a book for which I am the co-author!
That’s all by way of announcing that my … Read more...
In response to my recent post, In Search of the Ulster Scot, some people have commented that the Ulster Scots identity and language is not just for Presbyterians. Others have said that the Ulster Scots identity fails to capture the … Read more...
The Belfast News Letter’s ‘Union 2021’ series has canvassed a range of unionist and other commentators to assess the state of the union, as it were, and put forward some ideas about making Northern Ireland a better place.
Is there any such thing as an Ulster Scot? The emergence of ‘Ulster Scots’ as a language, and as an ethnic group, has been controversial to say the least. Critics have alleged that Ulster Scots is a made-up language, manufactured … Read more...