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Prospects for Christian minorities under Muslim rule in the Sudan
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Investigating the liberation method of interreligious dialogue as a common ground for Muslim-Christian relations in Northern Nigeria
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2004)This dissertation investigates the relevance of the liberation method of interreligious dialogue as a common ground for Muslim-Christian relations in Northern Nigeria. The region of our study is one characterised by the ... -
Divided loyalties : a reconciling ethic for churches in Northern Ireland
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2006)Can a denomination publicly engage with those who are different and maintain its own theological integrity? Can a biblically, theologically and ecumenically informed ethic be developed to sustain a denomination in such ... -
Isolated in academia : an analytical study of the mechanisms of academic boycotts
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2006)Academic boycotting is withdrawing support for or participation in one or more aspects of academia in order to make specific changes. Support is restored after those who are boycotted make the desired changes. The mechanisms ... -
The '2002 Peace Process' in the Sri Lankan media : comparing Sinhalese, Tamil and English editorial discourse in the national newspapers
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2007)This case study analyses how three widely read national daily newspapers in Sri Lanka presented and framed the origins and ongoing development of the Norwegian-sponsored 2002 “Peace process” between the Sri Lankan government ... -
Community-based local capacities for peace in pastoralist areas : the case of Isiolo District - Kenya
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2007)There exists a conventional contention, albeit largely anecdotal, that pastoralist areas, for all intents and purposes, are “a lost cause”. There is a relentless media bombardment portraying communities forever embroiled ... -
Dynamics of essentialist representations of nationhood and the politics of interpretation : the role of religion in the making and unmaking of the Sri Lankan nation-state
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2008)Sometimes the impression given of the Lankan conflict by both the local and mainstream media is that the conflict has been caused by primordial or perennial antagonisms that existed between the parties involved. Such a ... -
Emergence of a world made other : a study of the social teachings of François Houtart
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2009)Francois Houtart is a Belgian social activist and sociologist of religion who defends the position that religion, as a social reality, can be an agent of change in a given situation. Houtart's ideas originate from Weber, ... -
Conflicts in the process of transition from traditional society to modernity : a case study on the role of the Church amongst the Naga Tribes of South-East Asia
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2009)This thesis is an attempt to use various aspects and processes of tradition and modernity to understand and explain conflict within the Naga context. It argues that Christianity is not only a religion but it also became a ... -
Theology of dialogue : Trinitarian approach
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2009)The work introduces dialogue as a mode of human being that had initially been presented by Buber and his followers from a very human perspective. People always exist personally, in a dialogical realm which was viewed by ... -
Post-Westphalian global security : the strategic implications of applying nonviolent consent theory to the global war on terror
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2009)In characterising 9/11 as a transformative moment in global security, IR realists have failed to contextualise such threats within the larger trends of global populism. The rising technological and temporal-spatial ... -
Toward a conceptual framework for arts-based peacebuilding : the contributions of nonscripted theater(sic) and hip hop music
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2010)Various approaches to research are engaged dynamically and according to the unique challenges presented by developing a framework for understanding how the arts contribute to peace. The principal research methods of this ... -
Maternal peacebuilding - an alternative approach to women's peacebuilding in Northern Ireland
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2010)Post-conflict peacebuilding offers great opportunities for the development of just and equal societies, but these opportunities are often overlooked, particularly in regards to gender and the needs of women. Though significant ... -
Beyond immanence : a buddhological observing of grace
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2010)In this thesis I engage with the imaginative constructions of the world as offered by Buddhism and Christianity. I do this from a theologian's perspective, with grace as the focal lens. In dialogue with Buddhists the ... -
Beyond the walls : a dialogue with Abraham Joshua Heschel and Edith Stein on the interreligious significance of empathy for Jewish-Christian understanding
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2010)The following thesis of approximately 94,000 words explores the interreligious significance of empathy for Jewish-Christian understanding. We examine how Edith Stein (1891-1942) responds to the call of empathy through a ... -
Striking a balance between local capacities for peace and external intervention : the case of the Manjo in Southern Ethiopia
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2011)This thesis explores why culture should be considered a complementary tool to conflict transformation in the Kaffa society of Southern Ethiopia. The hypotheses upon which the thesis is based are that both local resources ... -
The Promise in Palestine? Examining the applicability of the transformative mediation framework in a non-Western context
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2011)"The Promise in Palestine? Examining the Applicability of the Transformative Mediation Framework in a non-Western Context" focuses on broadening the study of Transformative Mediation Framework (TMF) to investigate its potential ... -
Emancipation, empowerment and transition : historical, religious and political narratives among Iraqi Shi'a in dialogue with Catholic pastoral theology
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2011)This thesis reflects the concerns of Shi'i Muslims communities in Ireland and the United Kingdom, in dialolgue with a Western Christian and Catholic voice. It introduces the specific communities who have been my dialogue ... -
The 2005 PRSP and the survival strategies of border communities in post-conflict Sierra Leone
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2012)The methods in this piece of research include field and desk work. Field work was undertaken for a total of five months in Sierra Leone and consists of a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative ... -
Safeguarding the stranger : a theology and ethic of protective hospitality from Abrahamic traditions
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2012)The research question for this dissertation is: What are the resources and teachings in the Abrahamic traditions that take hospitality, and more specifically its call to provide protective hospitality seriously enough to ...