Cathy Higgins’ new book, Churches in Exile: Alternative Models of Church for Ireland in the 21st Century, was launched on 22 May at Skainos in East Belfast. One of the launch speakers was Rev Dr Johnston McMaster, who worked with Higgins for more than 15 years on the Irish School of Ecumenics’ adult community education [...]
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Have a Chat at the Human Library – Community Relations Week Conversations Tomorrow (24 May) at Belfast City Hall
The annual Community Relations Week may have passed some readers of this blog by – especially if you don’t live in Northern Ireland – but this year it has been particularly enriching for me. I’ve had the chance to have some good conversations with people at two events I’ve attend – Rev Mercia Malcolm’s talk [...]
Alicia Turner: What’s the Point of Studying Religions? – Keynote at ISASR Conference
What’s the point of studying religions? This is an apt question to be asking on the island of Ireland. Here, the academic study of religions is at an early stage in its development, particularly from social science or humanities perspectives, in contrast to theological or confessional approaches. A keynote address by Prof Alicia Turner of [...]
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing–Reflections on the Ecumenical Pentecost Faith Fest
This week’s instalment of Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing consists of his reflections on the Ecumenical Pentecost Faith Fest. I profiled the event last week and also included a post featuring the thoughts of Rev Arlene Moore of the Anglican/Methodist Church of the Good Shepherd in Monkstown, one of the partners in the Faith Fest. [...]
Cathy Higgins’ “Churches in Exile”: Book Review and Book Launch 22 May – What’s Emerging among Churches in Ireland?
Cathy Higgins’ new book, Churches in Exile: Alternative Models of Church for Ireland in the 21st Century (Columba, 2013) starts from the premise that churches in Ireland are in crisis, wedded to an outdated ‘Christendom’ model of church that has not served Christianity well. But in this thoughtful and easily digestible book, Higgins reflects on [...]
Rev Arlene Moore on Prayer and the Ecumenical Pentecost Faith Fest, 17-19 May
Earlier in the week I blogged about the ecumenical ‘Faith Fest’ organised for the Feast of Pentecost in Belfast. Events during the 17-19 May weekend are undergirded by two 24/7 prayer rooms – at the Church of Ireland/Methodist Church of the Good Shepherd (Cogs) in Monkstown and St Oliver Plunkett’s parish in Lenadoon. Since then [...]
Crawford Gribben on Ireland, America and the End of the World – ISASR Conference at UCD
‘Apocalyptic beliefs are one of this island’s most successful exports.’ That was one of the closing lines of a keynote address given by Prof Crawford Gribben of the School of History and Anthropology at Queen’s University Belfast, at the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions (ISASR) Conference at UCD (10-12 May 2013). ISASR [...]
Churches Urged to Get Together for Ecumenical Pentecost Faith Fest, 17-19 May
An ecumenical “Faith Fest” for the Feast of Pentecost is set for 17-19 May. St Oliver Plunkett’s Catholic parish in West Belfast and Church of the Good Shepherd (Church of Ireland and Methodist) in Monkstown will both be hosting 24/7 Prayer Rooms throughout the three day programme. Other events include: Friday 17th May at Oliver [...]
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing–Braniel Methodist Church
In this week’s instalment of ‘ecumenical tithing,’ Fr Martin Magill from Oliver Plunkett Parish in West Belfast shares his experiences at Braniel Methodist Church in East Belfast. Fr Martin Magill and the Ups and Downs of Following Jesus This week I felt drawn to worship in a Methodist church and decided to go to Braniel [...]
Exploring the Significance of Peter Rollins and the Ikon Collective – Talk on Sunday 12 May at UCD
I’ll be presenting a paper titled, “Northern Ireland, America and the Emerging Church Movement: Exploring the Significance of Peter Rollins and the Ikon Collective” on Sunday 12 May at the Clinton Centre, University College Dublin, in a panel from 12.00-1.30 pm. The paper is based on my forthcoming book, co-authored with Gerardo Marti of Davidson [...]
Ryan Bolger’s The Gospel After Christendom Book Review–Part 3
Today is the third and final post taking in my review of Ryan Bolger’s edited collection, The Gospel After Christendom. In my first two posts, I provided a general outline review, and then descriptions of three of the chapters I found most useful. In today’s post, I focus on three more of my favourite chapters. [...]
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