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‘People Still Need Us’: Radio & Print Coverage of my Survey of Faith Leaders during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Over the past week there has been some radio and print coverage of ‘People Still Need Us’, my report on a survey of faith leaders on the island of Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic. I spoke about the survey on … Read more...

The Churches and the Lockdown Legacy – Sunday Sequence and Slugger O’Toole

I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘The Churches and the Lockdown Legacy’. It includes a reference to my part in a conversation on yesterday’s Sunday Sequence, on BBC Radio Ulster.

You can listen to the conversation … Read more...

Covid-19: Recent Discussions on Sunday Sequence

I have participated in two recent discussions on Covid-19 on BBC Radio Ulster’s Sunday Sequence.

Sunday 5 April the topic was ‘Learning survival today from the lessons of the past’. Other discussants were consultant physician and clinical lecturer Michael Trimble, … Read more...

Join us for Considering Grace: Unpacking the Impact, 20 March

Study Resources based on my book, co-authored with Jamie Yohanis, Considering Grace: Presbyterians and Troubles,  will be launched in Assembly Buildings (Fisherwick Place, Belfast) on Friday 20 March during a half-day conference Considering Grace: Unpacking the Impact. They will … Read more...

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Events – Prayer Walk & Methodist Service featuring ‘Unity Pilgrim: The Life of Fr Gerry Reynolds CSsR’

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which takes place annually between 18 and 25 January, was always an important time for Fr Gerry Reynolds.

As his biographer, I know that every day of Fr Gerry’s life was a … Read more...

Christian & Muslim Cooperation in ‘Work of Love’ Restaurant: Guest Post by Fr Charlie Burrows

This blog recently reported on the 50th Jubilee of Irish priest Fr Charlie Burrows, who is based in Cilacap, Indonesia.

I’ve profiled his work previously as exemplary of the ‘church without walls’ theme of this blog.

Fr Burrows has contributed … Read more...

Unity Pilgrim Review in Irish Political Studies, by Margaret M. Scull: ‘demonstrates the power of those … who may be overlooked when we study our grand narratives’

My book, Unity Pilgrim: The Life of Fr Gerry Reynolds CSsR (Redemptorist Communications, 2019) has been reviewed in Irish Political Studies by Margaret M. Scull from NUI Galway.

I am gratified the book has been reviewed in an important Irish … Read more...

Recent Publications on the Pope, Peacebuilding, and Extra-Institutional Religion

I have three recent publications which may be of interest to readers of this blog.

‘Surveying Ireland after the Pope: Grounds for Cautious Optimism?’ is in the current issue of Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review (Autumn 2019).

Studies is available … Read more...

Fr Charlie Burrows: ‘To be good news for those in need’ – Success for the Oblates’ Maritime Academy in Cilacap

Last week I blogged about the 5oth Jubilee of Irish priest Fr Charlie Burrows.

Among his many projects in Cilacap, Fr Burrows has been involved with the Oblates Maritime Academy in Cilacap. This Academy was recently recognized as  First of … Read more...

Kairos Ireland Workshop on Israeli Occupation – 16 Sept in Belfast

Kairos Ireland have organised a workshop, ‘Countering the Normalisation of the Israeli Occupation in the Eyes of the World’ on Monday 16 September at 7 pm in Belfast, at a venue to be confirmed.

The workshop features a panel of … Read more...