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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 ... -
Conscience Working within Prudentia. Instructed by Thomas Deman's Reading of Aquinas
(2022)The French Dominican Thomas Deman (1899–1954) argued for the restoration of the virtue of prudentia against a background of moral theology and philosophy that, as he saw it, had replaced the centrality of prudenti a with ... -
Consociation and Young People: The Case of Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement Generation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religion. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2023)Employing a reflexive thematic analysis with qualitative semi structured interview data, this research explores the lived experiences and attitudes of members of the Good Friday Agreement generation; the first generation ... -
The cycle of insecurity: reassessing the security dilemma as a conflict analysis tool
(2019)This article critically reassesses one of the classic ideas in International Relations, the security dilemma. It argues that the key insight of security dilemma theory has been obscured – by reductionist debates on single ... -
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 ... -
Examining the Impact of Peacekeeping Operations on Soldiers' Militarized Masculinities: The Case of Korean Peacekeeping Soldiers
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religion. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2023)Gender studies of militaries and the dynamics of war suggest that ideas of militarized masculinity are central to the creation of soldiers who are willing to fight and perhaps die in combat. With the rise of national ... -
'For You One Flesh': Allusions to Genesis 2:4-3:24 and the Construction of Male-Female Relationships in Select Second Temple Texts
Throughout history, countless writers have ventured to explore the myriad of questions that arise from the short but deeply enigmatic text of Genesis 1-3. In particular, the Eden narrative of Genesis 2:4b-3:24 has been ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Irish POWs in the Great War
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religions,Theology & Ecumenics. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2019)The thesis turns on the central question: ‘What were the experiences of Irish POWs during and after the Great War?’ – placing them in their historical context, examining the knowledge gaps and rectifying the historical ...