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Crawford Gribben on Ireland, America and the End of the World – ISASR Conference at UCD

By on May 16, 2013 in Evangelicalism, Muslim Christian Relations, Sociology of Religion, Terrorism, US Politics

‘Apocalyptic beliefs are one of this island’s most successful exports.’ That was one of the closing lines of a keynote address given by Prof Crawford Gribben of the School of History and Anthropology at Queen’s University Belfast, at the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions (ISASR) Conference at UCD (10-12 May 2013). ISASR [...]

Michael McRay – Letters from Apartheid Street: Interview and Book Reading, Tues 26 March

By on March 23, 2013 in Book Reviews, Churches & Reconciliation, Dealing with the Past, Ecumenism, Emerging Church, Evangelicalism, Irish Catholic Church, Morality, Muslim Christian Relations, Peace Studies, Post Modern Theology, Postmodern Theology, Social Justice, Terrorism, US Politics, Victims

Michael McRay will discuss and read excerpts from his book, Letters from Apartheid Street: A Christian Peacemaker in Occupied Palestine, at 7 pm on Tuesday 26 March at St Oliver Plunkett in Lenadoon, Belfast. The event is titled, ‘Blessed are the Peacemakers,’ and will include a question and response session. Letters from Apartheid Street will [...]

Religion, Ex-Combatants and Peace in Northern Ireland–Book Review: New Post on Slugger O’Toole

By on March 7, 2013 in Book Reviews, Churches & Reconciliation, Dealing with the Past, Ecumenism, Evangelicalism, Irish Catholic Church, NI Politics, Peace Studies, Social Justice, Sociology of Religion, Terrorism, Victims

I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole  blog, a review of Religion, Ex-Combatants and Peace in Northern Ireland by John Brewer, David Mitchell and Gerard Leavey.

Johnston McMaster’s Overcoming Violence–Book Review: New Post on Slugger O’Toole

By on June 14, 2012 in Book Reviews, Churches & Reconciliation, Dealing with the Past, Ecumenism, Irish Catholic Church, NI Politics, Peace Studies, Post Modern Theology, Postmodern Theology, Terrorism, Victims

I’ve written a review of Johnston McMaster’s latest book, Overcoming Violence: Dismantling an Irish History and Theology – An Alternative Vision (Columba, 2012), on the Slugger O’Toole blog.

Harold Good on Johnston McMaster’s Overcoming Violence

By on May 13, 2012 in Book Reviews, Churches & Reconciliation, Dealing with the Past, Ecumenism, Evangelicalism, Irish Catholic Church, NI Politics, Peace Studies, Post Modern Theology, Postmodern Theology, Social Justice, Terrorism, Victims

“This book is a must for the desk of every pastor, priest and teacher. It ought to be available to every serious student of religion and ethics. … [It is a] manual for those of us who wish to overcome violence and to pray for and work for a lasting peace on this island.” That’s [...]

Building Peace through the Arts: Last Post on the ‘Picking up the Pieces’ Series

By on April 19, 2012 in Dealing with the Past, Morality, NI Politics, Peace Studies, Terrorism, Victims

What do people need to help them process the trauma they have experienced during conflict? The answer to that question will not be the same for everyone. Over the last few weeks, I’ve highlighted the insights from the RTE Radio One ‘Picking up the Pieces’ series, which features the grassroots peacebuilding work of groups throughout [...]

Ex-Prisoners: Picking up the Pieces in Northern Ireland

By on March 6, 2012 in Dealing with the Past, Morality, NI Politics, Peace Studies, Social Justice, Terrorism, Victims

A new six-part series on the aftermath of the Northern Ireland peace process, ‘Picking up the Pieces,’ got underway on RTE Radio One on Saturday. The series is presented by Barbara Walshe, a graduate of my School’s Reconciliation Studies programme. The series had an intriguing start with a programme on the reconciliation work of ex-prisoners. [...]

New Post on Slugger O’Toole: Book Review of Douglas Murray’s Bloody Sunday

By on January 6, 2012 in Book Reviews, Dealing with the Past, NI Politics, Peace Studies, Sinn Fein, Terrorism, Victims

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.

Martyn Frampton Book Review – Legion of the Rearguard: New Post on Slugger O’Toole

By on November 8, 2011 in Book Reviews, Dealing with the Past, Irish politics, NI Politics, Sinn Fein, Terrorism

I’ve reviewed Martyn Frampton’s new book, Legion of the Rearguard: Dissident Irish Republicanism, on the Slugger O’Toole blog.

Do Words Matter? New Post on Slugger O’Toole

By on August 31, 2011 in Book Reviews, Dealing with the Past, DUP, NI Politics, Orange Order, Peace Studies, Sinn Fein, Terrorism, Ulster Scots, Unionism, Victims

I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Do Words Matter?: Book Review of Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution – Debating Peace in Northern Ireland. The book is edited by Katy Hayward and Catherine O’Donnell and I contributed a chapter, co-authored with Amber Rankin, on the DUP.

Dissident Republicans: Does Sympathy Equal “Support”?

By on October 8, 2010 in NI Politics, Sinn Fein, Terrorism, Unionism

The results of a survey released yesterday in a conference at Queen’s University Belfast and presented again today at the Annual Meeting of the Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) in Dublin reveal that 14 % of nationalists ‘had sympathy for the reasons why some republican groups (such as the Real and Continuity IRAs) continue [...]