About the Author
Dr. Gladys Ganiel is Lecturer in Reconciliation Studies at the Belfast campus of the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
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Book GroupChristian Faith Issues Book Group
A new 'Christian Faith Issues' book group has recently started in Templepatrick - it is run on an informal basis and is open to all. The aim of the group is to invite authors to discuss their books and to answer any questions readers may have concerning specific points raised in the book, or more general issues pertinent to the topic tackled. There is no formal membership.
It will of course be advantageous if you've read either part or all of the publication prior to the discussion, but you are also very welcome to come along if you're simply interested in the subject area.
Forthcoming Meetings
Date To Be Confirmed - Nobody's Fool: The Life of Robin Eames
 Author: Alf McCreary
ISBN: 978-1905474158 Publisher: Brehon Press Ltd Year Published: September 2007 Extent: 256pp Casing: Paperback Previous MeetingsThursday 26th February - "Empty Pulpits: Ireland's Retreat from Religion"
 Author: Malachi O’Doherty
ISBN: 978-0717142361 Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd Year Published: 2008 Casing: Paperback
About the Author
Malachi O'Doherty is a journalist, author and broadcaster. He is a regular contributor to a number of BBC programmes in Northern Ireland, providing political and social commentary for BBC Radio Ulster's Talkbackand for BBC NI's Hearts and Mindsprogramme, and reporting frequently for BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday Sequence. His journalism has been published in many Irish and British newspapers and periodicals, including The Irish Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Scotsmanand The New Statesman. In the mid 1990’s he worked on and presented several television documentaries on Northern Irish culture and politics for Channel Four, The BBC and UTV.
About the Book
No country has discarded religion faster than Ireland. Priests are the most demoralised people. This title argues that Irish experience has news for the fundamentalists, who think nothing ever changes - but also for the hard atheists, who don't understand religious culture from the inside.
How to Obtain the Book This book is available in most branches of the the larger book shops (Waterstones, Easons etc) in Northern Ireland. Alternatively, you can order a copy from Amazon - click on www.amazon.co.uk Thursday 30th April - "The Orange Order: A Tradition Betrayed"By Dr. Gladys Ganiel
 ISBN: 978-023060538 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Year Published: 2008 Extent: 224pp Casing: Hardback About the Book
The Northern Ireland peace process is seen as a model for other peace processes; this book provides an original perspective on it.It offers new perspectives on the role of a 'strong' religion (such as evangelical Protestantism or other forms of fundamentalism) in conflict transformation. This is increasingly important as the role of strong religions in contemporary conflicts around the world becomes clear. The Northern Ireland peace process is seen as a model for other peace processes; this book provides an original perspective on it. With both a strong theoretical and ethnographic approach, this book contributes to our understanding of how religious identities and the political goals of religious actors change over time. It provides new understanding of how evangelical politics work in the US, Canada and Northern Ireland. This innovative book explores the role of evangelical religion in the conflict in Northern Ireland, including how it may contribute to a peaceful political transition. Ganiel offers an original perspective on the role of a 'strong' religion in conflict transformation, and the misunderstood role of evangelicalism in the process.
How to Obtain the Book
The best way to obtain a copy is to order it from Amazon - click on www.amazon.co.uk or any other online book retailer.
 About the Author
Laurence Kirkpatrick is Principal of Union Theological College and Professor of Church History. He studied Ancient History and then Divinity at Queen's University and was awarded his Ph.D. in Early Church History from Glasgow University in 1995. Before his appointment at Union College, Laurence was minister of Muckamore Presbyterian Church for 12 years. |
Alf McCreary is an award winning journalist and author who writes extensively on Irish affairs. He is an honours graduate in Modern History from the Queen's University of Belfast, and for more than two decades he was a reporter, columnist and senior feature writer on the Belfast Telegraph, where he is currently the Religion Correspondent. He has won two British National Press awards.
This is the pilgrimage of an Irish Primate during years of dramatic change - a man who had to come to terms with a religious role no theological training could prepare him for. An academic lawyer, his life was transformed when the Irish question began to erupt. In the years that followed he found himself thrust into a cauldron of change and revolution, and the birth of a new Ireland. In the course of those momentous years he became the confidant of Prime Ministers, politicians and world figures. Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Albert Reynolds became his acquaintances. The Downing Street declaration, the Anglo-Irish Agreement and confidential briefings in London and Dublin, demanded his attention. The negotiation of a ceasefire called on his legal experience. The Peace Process became his real test. This biography is a frank analysis of a fascinating period of history through the eyes of a man whose feelings and sympathies for his own community were tested by the realities of violent political change.
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