My 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 of the book late last year. Patrick Mitchel, Director of Studies and lecturer in theology at [...]
Ken Newell on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – What Does Communion Mean?
To mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Clonard Monastery in West Belfast invited Rev Ken Newell, the retired minister of Fitzroy Presbyterian in Belfast, to speak at all its services yesterday. The invitation reflects Newell’s, and Fitzroy’s, long association with Clonard in the form of the Clonard-Fitzroy fellowship group. Newell joked that he [...]
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity–Marcin Lisak OP, ‘We will all be Changed’
Today marks the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January). This year’s theme, ‘We will all be Changed,’ is inspired by I Corinthians 15:51 and has been developed by the Polish churches. The Irish School of Ecumenics, where I work, annually produces resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. [...]
Doug Gay – Remixing the Church: Towards an Emerging Ecclesiology, Book Review
Last month I posted about Doug Gay’s examination of the relationship between the ecumenical movement and the emerging church, as put forward in his new book, Remixing the Church: Towards an Emerging Ecclesiology (SCM Press, 2011). Gay’s insightful and original treatment of this matter, almost entirely overlooked in the popular and academic literature on the [...]
Evangelical Journeys: Patrick Mitchel to Speak at Dublin Launch 26 January at 4.15 pm
Dr Patrick Mitchel, Director of Studies and lecturer in theology at the Irish Bible Institute in Dublin, and author of Evangelicalism and National Identity in Ulster, 1921-1998, will speak at the Dublin launch of a new book by Claire Mitchell and me, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture (UCD Press, [...]
New Post on Slugger O’Toole: Book Review of Douglas Murray’s Bloody Sunday
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, a book review of Douglas Murray’s book, Bloody Sunday: Truth, Lies and the Saville Inquiry.
New Post on Slugger O’Toole: Time for a Calm Debate on Northern Ireland’s Demographics
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, “Time for the beginning of a calm debate on Northern Ireland’s Demographics.”
Peter Rollins and the Holy Spirit: Responding to Monty Part III
Today I continue my series on the work of Peter Rollins, in which I respond to some questions raised by a commentator called Monty on one of my earlier posts. The post Monty was responding to was called ‘Is Peter Rollins on a Mission?’ I had characterised Rollins’ approach to mission as ‘anti-conversionism’ and said [...]
About me
Welcome to Building a Church Without Walls, a website for people who are excited about how Christianity is developing in the 21st Century. I am a Lecturer and Coordinator of the Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation Studies Programme at Trinity College Dublin at Belfast (the Irish School of Ecumenics).
Please note this is my personal site. All views are my own and are not representative of TCD.
