Last month I participated in a summer school at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, titled ‘Societies in Transition: Sub-Saharan Africa between Conflict and Reconciliation.’ One of the many pleasures of attending the summer school was catching up with … Read more...
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Comparative Perspectives on Societies in Transition – Sub-Saharan Africa between Conflict and Reconciliation: Lessons for Northern Ireland?
I spent ten days last month at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, at a summer school titled ‘Societies in Transition: Sub-Saharan Africa between Conflict and Reconciliation.’
Between students and the plenary speakers there were about 30 people there, … Read more...
Learning from 1798: Northern Ireland’s Upcoming Decade of Commemorations – New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Learning from 1798: Northern Ireland’s Upcoming Decade of Commemorations.’ It is commentary based on a review of Tom Dunne’s controversial book, Rebellions: Memoir, Memory and 1798. … Read more...
Postponing the Eucharistic Congress?
In the wake of the Cloyne Report, the Irish media have reported several calls to postpone Ireland’s 2012 International Eucharistic Congress. This idea seems first to have been floated in a hard-hitting commentary by Fr Tony Flannery in the 22 … Read more...
Will Harassment Silence the Catholic Church? New Post on Religion in Zimbabwe
I have a new post on the Religion and Zimbabwe blog, ‘Fear in the Pulpit: Will Harassment Silence the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe?’
An earlier post I wrote about the documentary, Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children, has also been picked up by … Read more...
Evangelical Journeys: Our New Book Available Thursday 7 July
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...
Healing Through Remembering’s Day of Private Reflection: New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on Healing Through Remembering’s Day of Private Reflection on the Slugger O’Toole blog. … Read more...
Should Northern Ireland Revisit the Eames-Bradley Report?: New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Should Northern Ireland Revisit the Eames-Bradley Report?’… Read more...
John Peacock on Training in a Local Theology of Reconciliation – Can Theology Contribute to Peace in Ireland?
Over the last two days, I’ve been engaging with some of the work produced in the Irish Peace Centres’ publication, Studying Faith, Practising Peace. The chapters in this volume are what graduate students in theology in Ireland came … Read more...
Does the Middle Ground Have a Future? New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Does the Middle Ground Have a Future? Platform for Change AGM.’… Read more...
Is the Vatican Listening to the Irish Catholic Church?
Today’s Irish Times carries two stories which exemplify the communications problem that pervades the Catholic Church.
One story details a brewing protest against the new Roman missal, to be introduced in parishes in Ireland later this year. About 100 … Read more...