Browsing Ecumenics (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Alexander Dugin: Geopolitics at the Confluence of Theology, Tradition, and Eurasia
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religion. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2020)This dissertation examines the development and impacts of contemporary Russian Geopolitical-Theologian Alexander Dugin and his Fourth Political Theory. This study focuses through the receptive lenses of Western political ... -
An examination of the epistemology contained in Bernard Lonergan's Insight as a potential integrative frame for interreligious dialogue, with particular reference to Karl Rahner's Foundations of Christian Faith and Nāgarjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2014)This thesis sought to examine the viability of the epistemology proposed by Bernard Lonergan in his seminal work Insight, particularly with regard to its possible application in the field of interreligious dialogue. This ... -
An Analysis of Emerging Ethical and Human Rights Issues in the Harvesting of Data from Social Media During Emergency Response to Natural Hazards
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religions,Theology & Ecumenics. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2018)This research investigates the ethical and human rights implications of social media powered emergency management information systems that harvest and process data from social media streams in order to produce actionable ... -
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 ... -
The Bible and Empire in the Divided Korean Peninsula: In Search for a Theological Imagination for Just Peace
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religion. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2021)The major objective of this thesis is to examine the relationship between biblical interpretation and imperialism in the context of the Korean conflict. This study takes its starting point in the questions of what caused ... -
Bridging the Divide: A critical analysis of intercultural dialogue through videoconference as a Peace Education Practice
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religions,Theology & Ecumenics. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2018)'Building Bridges: A Critical Examination of the Use of Videoconference as a Peace Education Practice' focuses on whether intercultural dialogue though videoconference is a viable means of supporting processes of ... -
Coexisting in the divided city : the differences made by shared public spaces to cross-community relations in Jerusalem, Belfast and Brussels
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2016)This thesis aims to determine whether shared public spaces enhance the level and quality of cross-community relations in divided cities such as Jerusalem, Belfast and Brussels; and what differences such spaces can make to ... -
Colombian Leftist Non-State Armed Groups: The Gendered Experience of Conflict through to Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR)
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religion. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2021)The prevailing approach which the Women, Peace and Security Agenda takes to inform gender sensitive Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) is important but ultimately inadequate in the pursuit of gender equality. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Engendering effectiveness : a feminist critique of the new aid architecture
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2015)This study is concerned with the absence of gender-sensitive indicators oriented towards human rights and human development goals in the Paris Declaration of Aid Effectiveness - the main international agreement to make ... -
From the tears of things to the play of grace : discerning textures of faith through a practice of reading contemporary literary texts
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2014)The core of this thesis consists of a practice of close readings of a series of texts: poetry, fiction, literary essay. Conversations about 'sacred' and 'secular' as supposedly distinct ways of naming the meaning and purpose ... -
Hastings Rashdall : revelaton for the modern world
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2013)Hastings Rashdall will be placed in context and a crucial aspect of his theology, his theology of revelation or revelatory theology, will be examined, establishing the centrality and significance of revelatory theology for ... -
In Dialogue With Shinto: Challenges to Interreligious Communication.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religions,Theology & Ecumenics. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2018)A major challenge for the contemporary world is how to best approach inter-religious dialogue, especially between faiths that have very different perspectives. Whilst much work has been done in the field of major world ... -
Integrating Women into Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A Case Study of Goma
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religion. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2021)Lack of representation and participation of women in decision-making is a global phenomenon that has been under public discussion for many years. Feminist theory has articulated gender as an underlying factor in inequality, ...
