Several months ago I blogged about Fr Charlie Burrows, an Irish priest working in Indonesia. Burrows was the subject of an RTE documentary, which told the story of how his work in Indonesia has been a spur to local economic development and better inter-religious (Christian-Muslim) relationships. In line with the theme of my blog, I [...]
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Ecumenical Matters: Talk at Queen’s on Thursday 20 October and Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism Seminar Series Starts Sat 22 October
As regular readers of this blog may know, I’m giving a lecture at Queen’s University Belfast on Thursday 20 October titled, ‘The End of Irish Catholicism?: Exploring Extra-Institutional Spaces for Faith.’ The talk kicks off at 5.15 pm in the Peter Froggart Centre and is the first event in Queen’s new Religious Studies Research Forum. [...]
Fr Michael Hurley on Ecumenical Theology and Ecumenics
Last week I introduced Fr Michael Hurley’s definition of Ecumenism. This was drawn from a chapter in his 1998 book, Christian Unity: An Ecumenical Second Spring? Today I again draw from that chapter to outline his definitions of Ecumenical Theology and Ecumenics. Hurley’s definitions are taken from a chapter in the book called, ‘Ecumenism, Ecumenical [...]
Fr Michael Hurley on Ecumenism
Last month I promised to share some thoughts based on Fr Michael Hurley’s 1998 book Christian Unity: An Ecumenical Second Spring? (Veritas). I’d been prompted to check the book out of our library after last month’s remembrance celebration for Fr Hurley, founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics. The busy-ness of the start of term [...]
Speaking About Faith: Lessons from Northern Ireland’s Faith Minorities
On Wednesday the Irish School of Ecumenics (Trinity College Dublin at Belfast), where I work, hosted a meeting of the Northern Ireland Inter Faith Forum. I was the guest speaker, and presented some results from our Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism research project. This project, while focusing primarily on Christianity, has also included some research into [...]
The Experiences of Faith Minorities in Northern Ireland–Talk on Wednesday 5 October for the NI Inter Faith Forum
On Wednesday I’ll be presenting research from my School’s Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism project at a talk for the Northern Ireland Inter Faith Forum titled, ‘Living Religion in Northern Ireland: Experiences of People of Minority Faiths in a Christian Majority Landscape.’ It will be held at the Irish School of Ecumenics, 683 Antrim Road, Belfast, [...]
Thomas Merton Society Retreat, 11 June 2011
Northern Ireland’s still relatively new Thomas Merton Society will host a retreat on Saturday 11 June 2011 at Corrymeela Knocklayd. There are still some places available for the event, which features an appealing programme: 10.00 Arrival & Coffee. 10.20 Welcome, Introductions and a Brief Period of Silent Reflection. 10.30 Film – Merton: A Film Biography [...]
In the Shadow of the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’: Questions about Muslim and Christian Relationships
Yesterday John A. Johnson posted a comment on my blog about my review of Samir Selmanovic’s book, It’s Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian. I wrote the review back in March so I was surprised to be receiving a comment at the end of August, but the issues Selmanovic raises [...]
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.
