02.10.2013
New Braemor Studies Series to be Launched in CITI
The first of the new Braemor Studies Series will be launched on Wednesday next, October 9 in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute. The series of publications will feature the best of the final year dissertations by ordinands at CITI. The series will be launched by Dr Christina Baxter, a former Principal of St John’s College, Nottingham and currently an external examiner for CITI. The booklets will be published by Church of Ireland Publishing.
Each of the studies began life as an MTh dissertation when the authors were still in training for ordained ministry. It is the intention of both Church of Ireland Publishing and CITI to continue the series with new publications each academic year.
The first three studies are New Monasticism – a Catalyst for the Church of Ireland to Connect with Society by the Revd Jonathan Campbell–Smyth who is now curate of Jordanstown, The Place of Lament and the ‘Catharsis of the Complaint’ in Response to the Problem of Evil by the Revd John Godfrey who is curate of Galway and The New Masculinity Movement: a Viable Model for Engaging Men with God and the Church? by the Revd Alistair Morrison, curate of Ballyholme.
Their work has been published in order to broaden the reach of contemporary theological debate emanating from CITI. The series editor is Dr Susan Hood, Publications Officer and the series will be available from the Good Bookshop in Belfast and the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin.