Barbara Walshe, a former student on our Master’s in Reconciliation Studies, has served on the Quaker Peace and Social Witness’s Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Bethlehem. Over the Christmas holiday, some reflections on her experience were published in the Irish Examiner (scroll down to the article on the bottom half of the page). Regular visitors to [...]
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The Last Bloody Sunday March?
The Irish News is reporting that this year’s annual Bloody Sunday March in Derry may be the last. You can read my post about it on the Slugger O’Toole blog.
John Brewer Book Review: Peace Processes–A Sociological Approach
John Brewer’s latest book, Peace Processes: A Sociological Approach, has prompted me to ask if Northern Ireland has even learned the lessons from its own peace process? You can read my full review of the book on the Slugger O’Toole blog.
Success Stories & Uncomfortable Truths?
You can read my post comparing the efforts of families of victims in the Malaya Emergency to gain a public enquiry about Batang Kali to Northern Ireland’s dealing with the past debate, on the Slugger O’Toole blog. Photo: Chong Koon Ying, whose father was killed at Batang Kali.
Denis Bradley’s Alternative History of the Catholic Church: What Does the Contraception Debate of the 1960s Say about the Church Today?
Denis Bradley’s column in Friday’s Irish News offers what amounts to an alternative history of how the Catholic Church has gotten where it is today. By alternative, I mean his view is one that the ‘official’ Catholic Church would most likely reject. Bradley is a former priest well known in Ireland for his position on [...]
New Revelations about McGurk’s Bar Cover-Up Raise Questions about Dealing with the Past
I’ve written a post about how new revelations about a cover-up around the McGurk’s Bar bombing raise questions about dealing with the past on the Slugger O’Toole blog.
The Murphy Report One Year On and the State of the Irish Catholic Church: Does it Matter?
The one year anniversary of the Murphy Report was 26 November, and this has been acknowledged with some significant words from Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. You can read my post about the ‘… state of the Irish Catholic Church – Does it Matter?’ on the Slugger O’Toole blog.
Voices from the Grave Book Review: Why Should we Listen to David Ervine’s Stories?
I’ve reviewed Ed Moloney’s book Voices from the Grave on the Slugger O’Toole blog.
Dealing with the Past: Do Historians Help or Hinder?
My thoughts on today’s seminar at Healing Through Remembering, ‘Do Historians Help or Hinder: Preparing for a Decade of Commemorations,’ have been posted on the Slugger O’Toole blog.
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.
