Building a Church Without Walls
In August last year, I wrote a post on the Slugger O’Toole blog about Rev Roy Patton, then Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, who called the Royal Black’s actions during a parade ‘un-Christian.’
A similar question has been asked over … Read more...
Just over a week ago, Jon Hatch – who recently completed his doctoral dissertation at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin at Belfast, led some Christian and theological reflection on Belfast’s “peace walls.”
While I attended the walk … Read more...
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, a review of The Second Coming of Paisley: Militant Fundamentalism and Ulster Politics, by Richard Lawrence Jordan.… Read more...
I recently blogged about a colloquium at the Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism and the Kennedy Institute for Conflict Resolution at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth. The colloquium helped to mark the visit of Rev Dr … Read more...
The Fermanagh Churches Forum recently hosted a conference on “Flags, God and Divided Loyalties.” Although I was away and unable to attend, by all accounts there was lively discussion and some productive thinking about how churches can contribute to the … Read more...
BBC Northern Ireland’s landmark series, “An Independent People: The Story of Ulster’s Presbyterians,” concluded on Sunday with its third and final episode, “Union and Division,” taking viewers through two centuries of contentious history. This episode maintained the high standard of … Read more...
Yesterday I blogged about the first part of a paper I presented at a colloquium organised by the new Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism (CSIP) and the Kennedy Institute on Conflict Resolution at the National University of Ireland … Read more...
Last night I participated in a colloquium organised by the new Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism (CSIP) and the Kennedy Institute for Conflict Resolution at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth. The colloquium helped to mark the … Read more...
My review of Maria Power’s Building Peace in Northern Ireland (Liverpool University Press, 2011) has been published in the latest edition of the Irish Literary Supplement (Spring 2013, V32, N2, pp. 18-19) under the headline, “Peace in the Valley.”
I’ve written a number of posts recently about the 4 Corners Festival, which kicks off tonight at 7.30 pm with Tony Macaulay reading from his book Paperboy in Ballygomartin Presbyterian Church in Belfast.
I’m on the organising committee of … Read more...
I have a new post on Slugger O’Toole, ‘What’s the Point of the Peace Rallies?’
It includes reflections on Saturday’s Prayer for Peace and Sunday’s Peace Rally, both at Belfast City Hall.
I expect to write more on this (Church … Read more...