Tony Jones’ new book The Church is Flat: The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement (self-published, 2011) offers a fresh perspective in its passionate plea for people in the emerging church to start thinking about ecclesiology. In the process, Jones tries to help emerging churches get beyond their critiques (especially of evangelical Protestantism). He [...]
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Patrick Mitchel on Evangelical Journeys: Dublin Launch of New Book
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 [...]
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.
Does the Emerging Church Mix with Ecumenism? Doug Gay on Remixing the Church
I’ve recently read Doug Gay’s excellent new book, Remixing the Church: Towards an Emerging Ecclesiology (SCM, 2011), which I plan to review in full on this blog, in due course. (In due course means that we are coming to the end of our academic term, and I am even more busy than ever, so my [...]
Evangelical Journeys Book Review in the Church of Ireland Gazette
My new book, co-authored with Claire Mitchell, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture, (UCD Press, 2011) was recently reviewed in the Church of Ireland Gazette by George Irwin. This is the Review: This book is the fruit of very extensive research and analysis and explores a wide variety of backgrounds [...]
Michael Hurley Book Review: Christian Unity – An Ecumenical Second Spring?
Over the last several weeks, I’ve reflected on some insights from Fr Michael Hurley SJ’s 1998 book, Christian Unity: An Ecumenical Second Spring? (Dublin: Veritas). Hurley, a founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics, passed away earlier in the year and this inspired me to delve into this book. This is my final post on [...]
Martyn Frampton Book Review – Legion of the Rearguard: New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I’ve reviewed Martyn Frampton’s new book, Legion of the Rearguard: Dissident Irish Republicanism, on the Slugger O’Toole blog.
Fr Michael Hurley on Ecumenical Tithing
In recent weeks I’ve been examining the late Fr Michael Hurley SJ’s ideas about ecumenism. One idea that I have been most intrigued by is ‘ecumenical tithing.’ His ideas were put forward in his 1998 book, Christian Unity: An Ecumenical Second Spring? (Dublin: Veritas). I was prompted to take this book off the shelf in [...]
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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.
