Siobhán Garrigan is Professor of Theology and Social Justice at Trinity College, Dublin, where she also served as Head of the School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies from 2016-2023. Prior to this, she taught at the Open University, Exeter University and Yale University, where as Dean of Chapel for the Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music, she directed a ground-breaking ecumenism through worship project.
By looking at theology's role in social and political difficulty, her research aims to highlight the many ways theology can also foster dialogue across the boundaries of difference, particularly regarding ecumenism, poverty, and matters of identity, such as gender and racial discrimination.
Her best known book is The Real Peace Process: Worship, Politics and the End of Sectarianism, a study of the work yet to be done to change hearts and minds regarding the Irish–British conflict. Her most recent book is A Theology of Home in a Time of Homelessness, a theoretical response to the practical experience of contemporary homelessness; it’s available for free to read or download from Cambridge University Press. And her next book will be Theology in Song, a study of the sonic theologies of Irish traditional music.
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