I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, reviewing Graham Spencer’s latest book, Protestant Identity and Peace in Northern Ireland.… Read more...
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Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: Faith on Trial with Lagan College Chaplains at Fitzroy Presbyterian
This week Fr Martin Magill’s ecumenical tithing takes him back to Fitzroy Presbyterian, where he attended a “Faith on Trial” event featuring Lagan College Chaplains Helen Killough and Gerard Souney. In this post, Fr Magill shares what he learned about … Read more...
Joining the Church Without Walls Debate …
Thanks to Bryan Gormley, who emailed me to report that he was unable to leave a comment on my post ‘What the Twelfth Means to Me.’ I discovered a bug in the site that was preventing people from leaving comments.… Read more...
Irish Catholics: Disobedient Dissidents or Open to the Spirit?
The results of a survey commissioned by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP), covered in yesterday’s news, reveals that the vast majority of Irish Catholics are out-of-step with ‘official’ church teachings on issues including married priests, women priests, the … Read more...
Back to Blogging …
I have not blogged much over the last two weeks, largely because I have been at a summer school at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, “Societies in Transition – Sub-Saharan Africa between Conflict and Reconciliation”.
It was a stimulating … Read more...
New Comment & Moderation Policy for this Blog …
Last week I wrote a post called Fr Brian D’Arcy and his Critics: How Should Christians Talk about each Other? This post was in part motivated by an increasing number of comments on this blog which are either spurious personal … Read more...
The Future of the Organised Church: Public Discussion in Enniskillen Oct. 20
On Wednesday 20 October 2010 I’ll be taking part in a discussion organised by the Fermanagh Churches Forum at the Clinton Centre in Enniskillen: The Future of the Organised Church: Any Questions?
The meeting will be chaired by David Bolton … Read more...
Cohesion, Sharing and Integration: Opinion in the Belfast Telegraph
Click here to read my Opinion piece about the Cohesion, Sharing and Integration document, published in today’s Belfast Telegraph. … Read more...
The Europeanization of Party Politics in Ireland: Another Perspective …
During the week I blogged about the launch of a new book, The Europeanization of Party Politics in Ireland: North and South (Routledge, 2010) edited by Dr Katy Hayward of Queen’s University Belfast and Dr Mary Murphy of University … Read more...
Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children: Review of the Documentary by Xoliswa Sithole
Xoliswa Sithole – an accomplished film maker who was once proud to call Zimbabwe her home – has produced a wrenching documentary chronicling the economic and political melt-down of her country, and the devastating impact this is having on children.… Read more...
The Religious Education Debate: Does Religion Need the State?
Terror and wonder. Religious education has the power to instil such emotions in the young. Recent revelations have exposed the physical and sexual abuse that was rampant in many of the state-run, church-controlled churches on this island. On the other … Read more...