I will be taking part in a one-day conference on ‘Constitutional Pasts and Futures: Northern Ireland and the British Irish Relationship Twenty Years after the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement’ on Tuesday 8 May at the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, … Read more...
Category: Victims
How Churches are Missing their Opportunity – New Post on the Conversation
There is a new post on the Conversation, written by Prof John Brewer and me, ‘How Churches are Missing their Opportunity to help build Peace in Northern Ireland.’
The reflections are framed around tomorrow’s 20th anniversary of the Good Friday … Read more...
Norman Hamilton, Martin Magill and Me Tomorrow on Beyond Belief – The Churches since the Good Friday Agreement (and thoughts on forgiveness)
Learning from Presbyterian Responses to the Troubles – Seminar 18 May
I’ll be giving a seminar on ‘Learning from Presbyterian Responses to the Troubles,’ on 18 May in the Old Staff Common Room at Queen’s University. There will be a free lunch provided at 12.30, followed by my presentation at 1.00 … Read more...
Beneath the Harp and Crown, Q&A with Playwright Philip Orr on Slugger
Blessed are the Peacemakers – New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog about the Blessed are the Peacemakers event at the 4 Corners Festival, ‘On behalf of churches, let me say sorry for the times we said to victims, “you must forgive.”’ … Read more...
Courage of Kingsmills Victims Defied Sectarian Divide: New Post on Slugger
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Courage of Kingsmills Victims Defied Sectarian Divide.’… Read more...
Review of Emmanuel Katongole’s The Journey of Reconciliation on Catholic Books Review
My review of Emmanuel Katongole’s latest book, The Journey of Reconciliation: Groaning for a New Creation in Africa (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2017), has been published on the ‘Catholic Books Review’ website.
Enniskillen 30 Years On: Geraldine Smyth on Forgiveness – New Post on Slugger
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, Enniskillen 30 Years on: Geraldine Smyth on Forgiveness and Mercy in the Public Square.
