Ecumenics (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Toward the Heart and Art of Peacebuilding: The Role of Engaged Theatre in Post-Conflict Transition in Northern Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religions,Theology & Ecumenics. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2018)This thesis explores the role of engaged theatre in peacebuilding through the lens of conflict transformation theory. With Northern Ireland as the context, it examines how engaged theatre creates spaces where difficult ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The people of The Book, ahl al-kitab: A comparative theological exploration
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Religions,Theology & Ecumenics. Irish School of Ecumenics, 2017)This thesis is a comparative theological exploration of the challenges and opportunities presented by the Qur?ānic representation of Christianity as the People of the Book, ahl al-kitāb, in the Qur?ānic and ... -
The ethics of the EU border regime : an argument for consequentialist cosmopolitanism
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2014)This thesis titled “The Ethics of the European Union Border regime: an argument for consequentialist cosmopolitanism” has been developed through a reflection on the experiences of Third country nationals from developing ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
James Henthorn Todd, a Tractarian at Trinity : making Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2015)In the following chapters I have created a biographical portrait of Todd as a Tractarian at Trinity College, Dublin and studied the variety and range of his texts which contributed to making Ireland in the mid-nineteenth ... -
Moral equality, war, and defence of the community : a critque and reconceptualisation of moral equality
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2015)This thesis focuses on Michael Walzer’s argument for the moral equality of soldiers and aims to reconceptualise moral equality. This concept explains why it is not a crime when soldiers kill each other during a war. In ... -
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 ... -
Women's peacebuilding iniatives in the Benue Valley, Nigeria : gender, fundamental human needs and conflict resolution
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2014)In this research, I investigate and provide a multi-disciplinary scholarly analysis of four grassroots groups of women peacebuilding in the multi-communal Benue Valley, Nigeria (BVN): to offer analysis of the causes of ...
