Dr Gladys Ganiel (Queen's University Belfast) and Dr Joram Tarusarira (University of Groningen) 

Chair: Professor Fiona Magowan (Queen's University Belfast)

The Mitchell Institute is pleased to host this Research Workshop, focusing on recent journal articles in the field of religion and peacebuilding.  

• Gladys Ganiel (2021) ‘Praying for Paisley: Fr Gerry Reynolds and the Role of Prayer in Faith-Based Peacebuilding – A Preliminary Theoretical Framework, Irish Political Studies, 36(3), 72.91
• Joram Tarusarira (2020) ‘Religion and Coloniality in Diplomacy’, The Review of Faith and International Affairs, 18:3, 87-96 

A leading article from a special issue of Religions on Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding, co-edited by Ganiel and Tarusarira (articles are published on a rolling basis), also will be discussed: 

• Atalia Omer (2021) ‘Religion and the Study of Peace: Practice without Reflection’, Religions, 12, 1069 

The format for the Workshop is that attendees are asked to read the articles before the discussion, and the Workshop will involve questions, debate and discussion about the articles. Articles will be forwarded to participants upon registration. 

There will not be a talk, but people will instead move immediately to their questions: 

• About the articles 
• About how it relates to people’s own work 
• About the wider field and possible future research agendas within that field 
• About any responses people want to debate in relation to these publications  

The workshop will be held in-person. Places will be limited to 25 and must be booked in advance. If you would like to participate in the session, please email mitchell.institute@qub.ac.uk. PDFs of the three articles will be forwarded once a participant has registered.

Biographies 

Gladys Ganiel is Reader in Sociology at Queen’s, specialising on religion, conflict, and reconciliation in Northern Ireland; evangelicalism; the emerging church movement, and religion on the island of Ireland. She is author/co-author of six books and more than 50 scholarly articles and chapters. 

Joram Tarusarira is Assistant Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies and the Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalisation at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He has expertise on religion, conflict, peacebuilding, and reconciliation; and religion and climate conflicts.