The Irish Peace Centres (IPC) have produced a valuable report on LGBT lives and stories, titled ‘Holding the Tension Wisely.’ Released earlier this week, the report (available here) summarises the ‘tension’ and ‘wisdom’ that emerged from a working conference held in Corrymeela in June on ‘Religious Ethics and Human Rights.’ The Report is another important [...]
Updates: Re-constructing Ikon and LGBT, Faith and Church Report
I spent most of last week at or preparing for the conference of the European Sociological Association in Geneva. During that time, there have been some useful follow-ups to two stories I’ve discussed recently on this blog: Ikon at Greenbelt: Reconstructing the Deconstruction In this post, I pieced together Ikon’s performance at Greenbelt, using the [...]
"Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities’ Experiences of Faith and Church in Northern Ireland" – Report Launch 7 September
The Irish Peace Centres (IPC) will launch its latest report, “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities’ Experiences of Faith and Church in Northern Ireland” on Wednesday 7 September at 3.30 pm at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast. The report, researched and written by academics Dr Claire Mitchell and Dr Gail McConnell, is already available on [...]
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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).
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Church Without Walls Calendar
- What can the Churches Learn from Zimbabwe’s Masowe Apostles?: Isabel Mukonyora Book Review, Wandering a Gendered Wilderness February 3, 2010
- Jay Bakker: Book Review of Fall to Grace – Can Churches Find Enough Grace for Gay Marriage? February 15, 2011
- Fr Brian D’Arcy and his Critics: How Should Christians Talk about each Other? January 10, 2011
- Heresies and How to Avoid Them?: Thoughts on Ikon, Heretics and a Plea to Listen to Them February 5, 2011
- Fr Brian D’Arcy: Vatican Now Monitoring Outspoken Voice for the Faithful in Ireland April 27, 2012
- Harold Good on Johnston McMaster’s Overcoming Violence May 13, 2012
- Alberto Salazar’s 14 Minutes: Book Review – The Miracle of Everyday Faith? May 9, 2012
- An Assembly in the Irish Catholic Church: Any Closer? May 8, 2012
- I’m ‘In Conversation’ at Fitzroy Presbyterian, Sunday 6 May, 7 pm May 4, 2012
- Cardinal Sean Brady & the movement for an Assembly in the Irish Catholic Church: Reforming the Un-Reformable? May 3, 2012
- Eric Conway: I did'nt see the letter they published Martin. My...
- Gladys Ganiel: Thanks, Slicer ... to be fair to Salazar, I don't...
- The Slicer: I haven't read the book, and your description sou...
- Gladys Ganiel: Interesting request, Tanya, I will have to think a...
- Obanda Magomere: The discourse on Baba Johane We Masowe has taken a...
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