Ecumenics (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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The Theology of Alexander Knox (1757-1831)
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2012)This thesis describes and analyses the theology of the Irish Anglican layman, Alexander Knox (1757-1831), which is here for the first time explored in depth. The method it uses is historical, focusing on Knox’s published ... -
Undocumented migrants and the hegemonic ideology of the system of territorial states : a critical analysis of ideological contention in Irish Christians' moral imagination
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2013)States respond punitively to those who cross their borders without authorisation. Consequently the human rights of undocumented migrants, often including the right to life itself, are systemically denied them. Every year, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Prospects for Christian minorities under Muslim rule in the Sudan
(Irish School of Ecumenics, 2002)
