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Editorial:
Minority Report
Anna Rankin
Comment:
Racism in Ulster: Up-front and Ugly
Ken Newell
From
the Director: Naming Our Sin
David W Porter
Faith
in Ulster: Facing Up to Diversity
Stephen Skuce
Faith
and Practice
Walter Lewis
Interview
with Rose Ozo: Where the Heart Is
Anna Rankin
Craigavon:
Religious Liberty in the Shadow of Drumcree
Small Steps
Tim Foley
Embracing the Stranger
Richard Kerr
Review:
On Eagle's Wing
Ethel White
Review:
Conflict, Controversy and Co-operation
John W Morrow
Review:
The Subversive Manifesto
John Kyle
Review:
L is for Lifestyle
Claire Martin
Review:
It Will Not Be Taken Away From Her
Cary Gibson
Review:
Prophetic Untimeliness: A Challenge to the Idol of Relevance
Paul Rankin
Review:
Two Little Boys
John Gillespie
Review:
Son
David Smith
EDITORIAL: MINORITY REPORT
WE RECEIVED MANY COMMENTS about the last issue of lion&lamb on “Church and Change,” with many readers expressing particular interest in the feature on multi-cultural churches. This issue on “Racism and Religious Liberty” is offered in response to some of that feedback. With increasing cultural and religious diversity in Northern Ireland and in the face of the escalating number of attacks on minority ethnic groups living here, how are we as Christians to respond?
In the lead article, Stephen Skuce offers an overview on racism and religious liberty in Northern Ireland, its theological underpinning and some of the lessons from history. Ken Newell suggests how Christians might challenge racism in their local communities. Walter Lewis writes from his experience of the Islamic community in South Belfast and invites us to consider ways of building relationships with our neighbours of other faiths. Richard Kerr, chair of Embrace, offers a reflection on the place of the stranger in the Bible and highlights the plight of asylum seekers and refugees in Northern Ireland.
Our main interview is with Rose Ozo, from Nigeria, who tells how she has sought to integrate with the ‘two communities’ in Northern Ireland and what it is like being on the receiving end of racism, a regular feature of her life here, over the last 22 years.
In addition to meeting Rose, this issue has taken me on visits to Dungannon, Portadown and to the Belfast Chinese Christian Church in South Belfast to meet Christians involved with minority ethnic communities and to hear their stories – also told here.
This edition of lion&lamb is an attempt to raise the issues and concerns affecting minority communities within our society. The content is both insightful and challenging and creates, for those of us who find ourselves part of the dominant, indigenous communities, an opportunity to see ourselves in a new light.
I believe you will find some of the material in this issue provocative. Whatever your reaction, we would like to hear from you. You can now email me directly at lionandlamb@econi.org or write to the postal address below.
Anna Rankin
Editor
ECONI WELCOMES the submission of unsolicited articles, but does not guarantee publication, and manuscripts cannot be returned. Opinions expressed in the magazine are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of ECONI. Permission to reprint any original article in Lion & Lamb should be sought from the Editor.
Editor
Anna Rankin
Design Spring Graphics
Main cover image Idem Boni (www.sxc.hu)
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