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Remembering Fr Michael Hurley in Belfast

By on September 19, 2011 in Churches & Reconciliation, Ecumenism, Irish Catholic Church, Morality, NI Politics, Peace Studies, Social Justice

Fr Michael Hurley SJ, founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics, passed away in April. Following on from his funeral in Dublin, last week the Irish School of Ecumenics organised a special Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving in Belfast. As readers of this blog may know, I’m a lecturer at Hurley’s creation (now part of [...]

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Updates: Re-constructing Ikon and LGBT, Faith and Church Report

By on September 12, 2011 in Churches & Reconciliation, Emerging Church, Evangelicalism, Irish Catholic Church, LGBT, Morality, NI Politics, Post Modern Theology, Postmodern Theology, Social Justice

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 [...]

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Peter Rollins: The Apocalypse Comes to Belfast

By on September 6, 2011 in Book Reviews, Emerging Church, Evangelicalism, Morality, Post Modern Theology, Postmodern Theology, Social Justice

Peter Rollins, Belfast native and a founding member of the Ikon Christian collective, returned to his native city last night for a talk titled ‘The Apocalypse isn’t Coming, it’s already Happened.’ Rollins has been living in the United States for the last couple of years, establishing himself as a popular author, speaker and voice in [...]

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"Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities’ Experiences of Faith and Church in Northern Ireland" – Report Launch 7 September

By on September 5, 2011 in Churches & Reconciliation, Dealing with the Past, Evangelicalism, Irish Catholic Church, LGBT, Morality, NI Politics, Social Justice

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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Michael Bennett on the Major Christian Task of Reconciliation

By on August 24, 2011 in African Christianity, Churches & Reconciliation, Dealing with the Past, Irish Catholic Church, Morality, NI Politics, Peace Studies, Social Justice, Victims, Zimbabwe

I’m always heartened when I see graduates of our Master’s in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation applying our course material in their work once they graduate. Yesterday’s guest post by Joram Tarusarira was one example of that. Today Fr Michael Bennett provides another example in the form of an article titled simply, ‘Reconciliation,’ published in the [...]

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Evangelical Journeys Interview on Sunday Sequence

By on July 31, 2011 in Book Reviews, Charismatic/Pentecostal Christianity, Churches & Reconciliation, Emerging Church, Evangelicalism, Morality, NI Politics, Post Modern Theology, Postmodern Theology, Social Justice

Claire Mitchell and I were guests this morning on BBC Radio Ulster’s Sunday Sequence. We discussed our new book, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture, published this month by UCD Press. You can listen to the full interview with presenter William Crawley below. sunday-sequence-interview-31-july-2011 The main research question explored in [...]

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Will Harassment Silence the Catholic Church? New Post on Religion in Zimbabwe

By on July 13, 2011 in African Christianity, Churches & Reconciliation, Dealing with the Past, Morality, Victims, Zimbabwe

I have a new post on the Religion and Zimbabwe blog, ‘Fear in the Pulpit: Will Harassment Silence the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe?’ An earlier post I wrote about the documentary, Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children, has also been picked up by the news website Bulawayo24. Next week I’ll be lecturing about religion and reconciliation in Zimbabwe [...]

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Evangelical Journeys: Our New Book Available Thursday 7 July

By on July 5, 2011 in Book Reviews, Emerging Church, Evangelicalism, Morality, NI Politics, Orange Order, Post Modern Theology, Postmodern Theology, Social Justice, Ulster Scots, Unionism, Victims

You’ve got to love Amazon.co.uk’s publicity department. I just received one of those ‘you might enjoy …’ emails, trying to get me to buy a book for which I am the co-author! That’s all by way of announcing that my new book, written with Claire Mitchell, will be released in Ireland and the UK on [...]

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Jayme Reaves on the Holy Rite of Disagreement–Can Theology Contribute to Peace in Ireland?

By on June 16, 2011 in Churches & Reconciliation, Ecumenism, Morality, NI Politics

This week I continue my series reflecting on essays in a recent publication of the Irish Peace Centres, Studying Faith, Practising Peace. The chapters in this volume are what graduate students in theology in Ireland came up with when asked to address the following question: ‘Do theological studies make a tangible and practical contribution to [...]

Fr Michael Bennett on Religion in Zimbabwe – the Debate Continues

By on May 4, 2011 in African Christianity, Churches & Reconciliation, Dealing with the Past, Ecumenism, Morality, Social Justice, Victims, Zimbabwe

Debate continues over on the new Religion in Zimbabwe website, with the latest blog contribution from Fr Michael Bennett on ‘Pastoral Letters Versus Party Ideology.’ Bennett, a priest with St Patrick’s Missionary Society, is currently serving in Limpopo Province, South Africa, and is a graduate of our Master’s in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation Studies.