Category: Unionism

David Trimble and Michael McDowell on the Ulster Covenant–New Post on Slugger O’Toole

IMG_9368I have a new post on Slugger O’Toole, on David Trimble and Michael McDowell’s perspectives on the Ulster Covenant. It is based on Saturday’s Institute for British Irish Studies at UCD/Irish Association conference at the Linenhall Library in Belfast. … Read more...

New Post on Slugger O’Toole: Church Leaders Call Royal Black Behaviour ‘Un-Christian’: Is Parading a ‘Right’ for Christians?

r_pattonI have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: ‘Church Leaders Call Royal Black Behaviour ‘Un-Christian’: Is Parading a ‘Right’ for Christians?

You can watch the UTV interview with Presbyterian moderator Roy Patton, on which my post is partly … Read more...

Ikonbelt – Glenn Jordan on Urban Theology

glenn jordanEvery city has its rough edges. In Belfast, apart from the social challenges associated with post-industrial urban poverty, the violent legacy of the Troubles continues to haunt those city spaces.

Philip Orr’s work on New Loyalties: Christian Faith and the … Read more...

Picking up the Pieces in the Border Counties

imageThe fifth programme in RTE Radio One’s ‘Picking up the Pieces’ series features peacebuilding in the border counties of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, focusing on the work done among republican ex-prisoners and the Protestant minority in the … Read more...

Talking about Reconciliation … New Post on Slugger O’Toole

imageI have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, titled ‘Talking about Reconciliation,’ which explores some of the implications of recent attempts by republicans to use the R-word in Northern Ireland’s public sphere.… Read more...

Is Reconciliation Making a Tentative Return to Public Debate in Northern Ireland?

imageMy last two weeks have been more unsettled than usual, involving presenting my research at two conferences: The Political Studies Association (PSA) conference at the Europa in Belfast (3-5 April) and the British Sociological Association Sociology of Religion Study Group … Read more...

The Gospel According to Christy Moore: New Post on Slugger O’Toole

imageI have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog on ‘The Gospel According to Christy Moore,’ performed by musicians from Fitzroy Presbyterian last night at St Oliver Plunkett’s Church in Lenadoon.

(Image of Christy Moore from Rev Steve Stockman’s … Read more...

Johnston McMaster on Signing Up to the Covenant: An Alternative Vision for the Future

imageBeginning this year, (some) people in Northern Ireland are already planning to commemorate a series of historically divisive events, which occurred between 1912 and 1922. These events have the potential to open up old wounds and animosities and destabilise progress … Read more...

Patrick Mitchel on Evangelical Journeys: Dublin Launch of New Book

imageMy recent book, co-authored with Claire Mitchell, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture (UCD Press 2011), was launched last night at the Irish School of Ecumenics, TCD, in Dublin. This follows the Belfast launch… Read more...