Browsing School of Ecumenics by Subject "Ph.D. Trinity College Dublin."
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Jehanne D'Arc and claims to divine sanction in acts of war : a double-edged sword
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2013)This work conducts a theological exploration and interpretation of the heavily documented life and death of Saint Jehanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) in the context of claims to divinely sanctioned violence, particularly within ... -
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 ... -
Partners in ecclesial function? : exploring the relationship between the hierarchical Catholic Church and Catholic Non-Governmental Organisations in the construction of a social ethic
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2012)This thesis examines the Catholic Non-Governmental Organisations' (CNGOs) contribution to the construction of social ethics and establishes the ecclesial context in which the CNGOs may fulfil this requirement, in and through ... -
Practising a-tonal ethics : a feminist ethics of alterity
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2013)In this dissertation, the focus is on the formation of the contemporary feminist ethical subject; specifically, in relation to the way that women's agency is played out through new forms of reflexivity in the context of ... -
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 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 moral structure of war : the functional utility of the principle of discrimination
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2012)This dissertation sets out to conduct a utilitarian analysis of the moral-legal principles of warfare and more specifically to uncover the functional utility of the moral principle of distinction. The dissertation is ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Transformational theology in a context of division : examining Belfast's separation barriers through a theological lens of idolatry
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2013)This dissertation addresses two central, interrelated questions. The first question is: How might a transformational theology be formulated that Is Informed equally by the legacy of Latin American liberation theology ...