Religion was thought to be part of the problem in Ireland and incapable of turning itself into part of the solution. Many commentators deny the churches a role in Northern Ireland's peace process or belittle it, focusing on the few well-known events of church involvement and the small number of high profile religious peacebuilders. This new study seeks to correct various misapprehensions about the role of the churches by pointing to their major achievements in both the social and political dimensions of the peace process, by small-scale, lesser-known religious peacebuilders as well as major...
Religion was thought to be part of the problem in Ireland and incapable of turning itself into part of the solution. Many commentators deny the church...
What is the purpose of social science? How can social science make itself relevant to the intractable problems facing humanity in the twenty-first century?
The social sciences are under threat from two main sources. One is external, reflected in a global university crisis that imposes the marketization of higher education on the ancient practice of scholarship. The other, internal threat is social science's withdrawal from publicly-engaged teaching and research into the protective bunker of disciplinarity.
In articulating a vision for the public role of...
What is the purpose of social science? How can social science make itself relevant to the intractable problems facing humanity in the...
