A new book on Vatican II offers food for thought on how to implement the council’s teaching in a very changed Ireland, writes Dr Patrick Connolly
Category: Reviews
‘Renounce our own violence’ – wisdom from a fresh grave
In the aftermath of René Girard’s death, websites poring over the Catholic intellectual’s work have been struck time and again by its timeliness. A patheos.com piece by Artur Rosman at ‘Cosmos in the Lost’, for instance, is getting a lot of traction. Addressing the issue of assisted suicide, Rosman quotes Girard as saying “The experience…
Steve McQueen and his impossible racing dream
The Man and Le Mans (12A)
Social media led the reporting of Paris attacks
Tragedy in Paris dominates this weeks news with ‘morbid fascination’, writes Brendan O’Regan
Family memories to aid the Hospice Foundation
Sons and Fathers edited by Kathy Gilfillan, introduction by Colm Tóibin, foreword by Bono (An Irish Hospice Foundation Book / Penguin Ireland, €20)
An improbable farce, too clever by half
The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray (Hamish Hamilton, £18)
Michael Paul Gallagher SJ
The death of Michael Paul Gallagher on November 5 would have been unexpected to the very many people who benefited by reading his wise and insightful books. One such said to me the other day that they had attempted to wrestle with books on theology, and had almost given up. But from Michael Paul Gallagher’s…
Ernie O’Malley’s Mayo
Western Ways: Remembering Mayo through the Eyes of Helen Hooker and Ernie O’Malley edited by Cormac O’Malley and Juliet Christy Barron (Mercier Press, €19.99)
World of Books
By the Book’s Editor
The Power and the Glory
Éamon de Valera: A Will to power by Ronan Fanning (Faber & Faber, £20.00)