Browsing by Subject "Ecumenics, Ph.D."
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Meaningful practices of citizenship in urban middle-class Peru : the case of political blogging
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2013)This thesis discusses political blogging as a meaningful praxis of citizenship among members of the (traditional) urban middle classes in post-transitional Peru. It examines the meanings political bloggers attach to ... -
On not hiding scripture : a hermeneutics of intrusion and the visible unity of the churches
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Religions and Theology, 2011)The purpose of this thesis is to ask how a freshly conceived and embodied relationship of the churches to their canon of scripture might give new life, integrity and depth to the ecumenical movement. I argue for the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 '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 ... -
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 ... -
The Northern Ireland model of consociational power-sharing is more successful in creating democracy in deeply divided societies than the integrative power-sharing model in South Africa
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2012)Northern Ireland and South Africa are both noted as well know examples of consociational and integrative power-sharing. Both of these countries are used as models for other ethnically divided countries to follow to bring ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...