Today marks the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January). This year’s theme, ‘We will all be Changed,’ is inspired by I Corinthians 15:51 and has been developed by the Polish churches. The Irish School of Ecumenics, where I work, annually produces resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. [...]
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity–Marcin Lisak OP, ‘We will all be Changed’
Lee Fischer’s Journey Through Conflict on the Provoketive Blog
I’ve just become aware of a post on the Provoketive blog by Lee Fischer, a student on our M.Phil. in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation. Provoketive Magazine is associated with the emerging church movement, and Fischer blends her reflections from our module on Conflict Transformation (taught by Alistair Little and Wilhelm Verwoerd) with her thoughts on [...]
New Post on Slugger O’Toole: Book Review of Douglas Murray’s Bloody Sunday
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, a book review of Douglas Murray’s book, Bloody Sunday: Truth, Lies and the Saville Inquiry.
New Post on Slugger O’Toole: Time for a Calm Debate on Northern Ireland’s Demographics
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, “Time for the beginning of a calm debate on Northern Ireland’s Demographics.”
Debating the Churches’ Role in the Peace in Northern Ireland
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, featuring my thoughts on the Sunday Sequence debate on a new book by John Brewer, Gareth Higgins and Francis Teeney, Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland (Oxford University Press, 2011).
Against Remembrance? New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Against Remembrance: Seminar and Book by David Rieff.’ It includes my reflections on Rieff’s seminar, given last week at Trinity College Dublin.
Is Non Violent Resistance Effective?
Is non violent resistance effective? That was the broad theme of a recent talk delivered by Javier Garate of War Resisters International (WRI) at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin at Belfast. The talk, titled ‘Effective Non Violence in the 21st Century,’ was co-hosted by the Irish School of Ecumenics and INNATE (Irish [...]
Evangelical Journeys Book Launch – Tuesday 1 November in East Belfast Mission
Claire Mitchell and I are happy to announce the launch of our new book, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture, on Tuesday 1 November at 6 pm at East Belfast Mission, 239 Newtownards Road, Belfast. Tea/coffee, nibbles and live traditional music will feature from 6 pm. At around 6.45 Glenn [...]
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 [...]
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.
My Posts On Slugger O’Toole
Sponsor My Run For The Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice
- Jay Bakker: Book Review of Fall to Grace – Can Churches Find Enough Grace for Gay Marriage? February 15, 2011
- What can the Churches Learn from Zimbabwe’s Masowe Apostles?: Isabel Mukonyora Book Review, Wandering a Gendered Wilderness February 3, 2010
- 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 on Terry Wogan: Rebuilding Ireland’s Shattered Faith? February 7, 2011
- The Church is Flat, Book Review – Tony Jones on How to Move the Emerging Church from Critique to Practical Change February 2, 2012
- Patrick Mitchel on Evangelical Journeys: Dublin Launch of New Book January 27, 2012
- Ken Newell on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – What Does Communion Mean? January 23, 2012
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity–Marcin Lisak OP, ‘We will all be Changed’ January 18, 2012
- Doug Gay – Remixing the Church: Towards an Emerging Ecclesiology, Book Review January 17, 2012
- Tony Jones: Thanks for the kind review. I hope to be in dialog...
- jac podevin: the individual physical body is exchanging cells c...
- Lyle Taffs: I don't know either of the authors personally but...
- Evangelical Journeys « FaithinIreland: [...] has put up notes of my remarks at her websit...
- Richard: I have never been homosexual or had those tendenci...
Categories
- African Christianity (20)
- Atheism (10)
- Book Reviews (74)
- Charismatic/Pentecostal Christianity (19)
- Churches & Immigration (10)
- Churches & Reconciliation (160)
- Dealing with the Past (107)
- DUP (22)
- Economy (7)
- Ecumenism (145)
- Emerging Church (72)
- Evangelicalism (89)
- Irish Catholic Church (154)
- Irish politics (23)
- LGBT (3)
- Morality (61)
- Muslim Christian Relations (8)
- NI Politics (134)
- Orange Order (11)
- Peace Studies (21)
- Post Modern Theology (59)
- Postmodern Theology (45)
- Religion in Britain (16)
- Sinn Fein (19)
- Social Justice (94)
- Spirituality & Sport (7)
- Terrorism (9)
- Ulster Scots (11)
- Uncategorized (8)
- Unionism (21)
- US Politics (7)
- Victims (112)
- Zimbabwe (18)
