I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog on ‘How We Remember: Drama, Discussion & Everyday Objects Exhibition.’ It outlines various events dealing with Northern Ireland’s past that are happening over the next few months.
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Visioning Ecumenism Goes Online–Course by Johnston McMaster & Cathy Higgins
My school, the Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE), has gone online with two new interactive modules developed by Dr Johnston McMaster and Dr Cathy Higgins. The modules have been designed in conjunction with the School’s IRCHSS-funded Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism research project, and are called ‘The Bible in Dispute’ and ‘Where in the World is [...]
Lesley Carroll and Geraldine Smyth – Glimpses of God: Book Review
Anyone seeking reflective reading for Lent need look no further than the recent book by Lesley Carroll and Geraldine Smyth, Glimpses of God: Reflections for Days and Seasons (Veritas 2010). The book is a collection of 54 of Carroll and Smyth’s contributions to BBC Radio Ulster’s ‘Thought for the Day’ – short meditations in which [...]
Sinéad Walsh on Gender, Truth and Violence – Best Dissertation in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation
Sinéad Walsh is the winner of this year’s (2010-2011) James Haire Memorial Prize for the best M.Phil. dissertation in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at Trinity College Dublin at Belfast (the Irish School of Ecumenics). Walsh’s dissertation is titled, ‘Gender, Truth and Violence: The Sexual Politics of Post-Conflict Transition, Case Study – Northern Ireland.’ Walsh’s work [...]
Peace Jam in Enniskillen 25 February: Featuring Stephen Travers, Brian D’Arcy & Local Musicians
The Fermanagh Churches Forum (FCF) is organising what looks to be an inspiring and enjoyable event – a ‘Peace Jam’ featuring a talk by Stephen Travers (bass player with the legendary Miami Showband), introductions by Fr. Brian D’Arcy, a buffet supper, and music by local artists. The Peace Jam happens on Saturday 25 February from [...]
Denis Bradley – Has Religious Ecumenism ‘Run into the Sand?’
In his column in Friday’s Irish News, Denis Bradley proclaims that ‘religious ecumenism has run into the sand.’ He contrasts the failure of religious ecumenism to what he sees as the thriving of so-called ‘political ecumenism’ in Northern Ireland, embodied by Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson watching a GAA match together. I would take issue [...]
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 [...]
Ken Newell on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – What Does Communion Mean?
To mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Clonard Monastery in West Belfast invited Rev Ken Newell, the retired minister of Fitzroy Presbyterian in Belfast, to speak at all its services yesterday. The invitation reflects Newell’s, and Fitzroy’s, long association with Clonard in the form of the Clonard-Fitzroy fellowship group. Newell joked that he [...]
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, [...]
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.
