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Dr Patrick Claffey
World Christianities and Asian Religions
Academic degree and qualifications
2000 MA, African Christianity, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London,
2004 PhD School of Oriental and African Studies , University, London
Research interests
World Christianity/Africa and Asia
Religion and politics
Contextual theologies
Southeast Asian religions
Inter-religious dialogue
The Church in contemporary Ireland
Teaching responsibilities
JF World Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism
SF, JS World Christianities: Africa and Asia
Publications
Books
Monograph:
- The Socio-political role of Christian Churches in Danxomε-Benin, Leiden: Brill 2007
Edited volumes
- with Joe Egan, Liberation Theology: Movement or Moment, Oxford: Lang, 2009
- with Joe Egan and Marie Keenan, Broken Faith: Why Hope Matters, in press
Articles/Book chapters/conference papers:
- ”God dey like he no dey, but he dey kang-kpe”: Conversion– Experiences from northern Benin’, Verbum 41, 1, 37-49, 2000.
- ‘The Place of the “imaginaire religieux” in Social Change and Political Recomposition in Sub-Saharan Africa’ Anthropos, 96, 200-206, 2001.
- ‘Changing the Locus: the search for a contextualised African Theology in Jean-Marc Ela’, Verbum 42, 3, 2001, 477-489.
- Render unto Caesar: Papers on Christian commitment to socio-political change and the place of churches in the public sphere, Symposium of the Christian Social Movement of Nigeria, Benin City, Nigeria, June 4-8 2001.
- ‘Pageants and TVignettes: The Theatre of Papal Visits in Africa’ paper for “Theatre Politics in Asia and Africa: Subversion, Collusion, or Control”. Symposium at School of Oriental and Africa Studies, University of London, January 18-19, 2002.
- ‘Transnationalism or the New Catholicism’, Verbum 43.2, 223-232, 2002.
- ‘Poids et promesse d’une histoire’, Spiritus, 2002, 167-200.
- ‘Les églises fondamentalistes au Bénin : Foisonnement chrétien ou signes de malaise social?, Spiritus 171, 2003, 119-135.
- Visions, Dreams and Spiritual Works: The Celestial Church of Christ, Benin, West Africa, paper for the seminar series Hegemonies and Exiles: Renegotiating the local and the global in cross-cultural expressions Christianity, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2003.
- ‘ Ghana’s New Christianity’, Verbum 45, 2004, 273-284
- ‘Kérékou the chameleon : Master of Myth’, in Julia C. Strauss and Donal Cruise O’Brien, (Eds), Staging Politics , New York: I.B. Tauris, 2007, 91-111.
- ‘Going back to Doolin: the search for an Irish and Catholic Identity’ in E. Maher (Ed) Irish and Catholic: Toward and understanding of identity, Columba, 2006, 210-226
- ‘Changing Configurations: Religion in Europe’ Steyler Missionswissensch. Institut, Doctrine and Life, 58(8), 2008
- ‘”Clash of civilization” or “Clash of Ignorance”: Edward Said’s Critique of Bernard Lewis and Samuel P. Huntington’, Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology, Nigeria, 17, 2005, 105-119
- Changing Shades of Green: Multiculturalism in Ireland, Introductory paper for Milltown Changing Shades of Green Project 2006
- Liberation Theology: Movement or Moment, Doctrine & Life 58(9), 2008
- ‘Masters and Servants: Joseph Pagnol, Bryan MacMahon and the Primary School’ in Yann Bévant, Eamon Maher, Grace Neville and Eugene O’Brien (Eds) Issues of Globalisation and Secularisation in a Franco-Irish Context, Studies in Franco-Irish Relations,Vol 3, Oxford: Lang, 2009, 195-219.
- ‘Hope or Dope? Christian Churches and Socio-political Development in Africa,’ Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology, (Nigeria), 20, 2008, 97-116.
- ‘Changing Configurations: Religion in Europe’, Doctrine and Life, 58,8, 3-22.
- ‘Are we following France: Patterns of Secularisation in Ireland, Doctrine and Life, 59,7, 2009, 2-19.
- ‘Carving the Runes: The Life Work and Faith of George Mackay Brown’, Doctrine and Life, 60,2, 2010, 50-54
- ‘The Faith to Change’ in Eamon Maher and John Littleton (Eds) What Being Catholic Means to Me, Columba, 2012
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