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Peter Admirand

Ireland
Institution Dublin City University
Position Lecturer in Theology; Director, Centre for Interreligious Dialogue; School Research Convenor
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Email Address peter.admirand@dcu.ie
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Prior Educational Background
  • Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin
  • M.A. in Theology (Ethics) from Boston College
  • M.A. in British and American Literature from Georgetown University
  • B.A. in English from The Catholic University of America
Research Interests
  • Interfaith Dialogue
  • Liberation Theologies
  • War, Peace, and Peacebuilding
Past Events
  • Sarajevo 2018
Recent Publications
  • Books: Destruction, Ethics, and Intergalactic Love : Exploring Y: The Last Man and Saga (Routledge, 2023).
  • Seeking Common Ground: A Theist/Atheist Dialogue (with Andrew Fiala, forthcoming). Cascade Books, 2021.
  • Humbling Faith: Brokenness, Doubt, Dialogue--What Unites Atheists, Theists, and Nontheists. Cascade Books, 2019. Audiobook version, 2019.
  • Loss and Hope: Global, Interreligious and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. London: Bloomsbury, 2014.
  • Amidst Mass Atrocity and the Rubble of Theology: Searching for a Viable Theodicy. Cascade Books 2012.
  • Peer-Reviewed Articles: "Theist–Atheist Encounters in Les Misérables, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Plague" (2021) 'Theist–Atheist Encounters in Les Misérables, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Plague'. Religions.
  • "Atheist Critiques of the New Atheists: Advancing Atheist-Theist Dialogue." Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology, 4.2 (2020): 176–200. https://doi.org/10.1558/isit.39750
  • "Building Bridges among Bridge-Destroyers: Post-Conflict Interfaith Dialogue after the Bosnian War." Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal Vol. 103, No. 4 (2020), pp. 419-448 (30 pages)DOI: 10.5325/soundings.103.4.0419.
  • "Following the Breadcrumbs: Jesus as Superfluous to Salvation? A Catholic Search." Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 15(1) (2020), https://doi.org/10.6017/scjr.v15i1.12119
  • "Humbling the discourse: Why interfaith dialogue, religious pluralism, liberation theology, and secular humanism are needed for a robust public square." Religions, 10 (8).
  • Book Chapters: "Seeking Humility and Self-Critique: A Christological Analysis of A Common Word." In Yazid Said and Lejla Demiri (eds). The Future of Interfaith Dialogue: Muslim-Christian Encounters through a Common Word. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018
  • '“Landmines and Vegetables: The Hope and Perils of Recent Jewish Critiques of Christianity.”' In Vladimir Latinovic, Gerard Mannion, and Peter Phan (eds). Pathways for Interreligious Dialogue. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
Professional Activities and Affiliations
  • International Council of Christians and Jews
  • European Academy of Religion