Courtney McGrailThe Evidence for God: The Case for the Existence of the Spiritual Dimension by Keith Ward (Darton, Longman & Todd, £9.99).
Category: Reviews
Turning the brothers grimm on their heads
Aubrey MaloneFairytales begin with ‘Once upon a time’ and end with ‘And they all lived happily ever after.’ Right? Wrong. I mentioned this film last week in my preview of the January releases. I’ve now seen it and can confirm it’s going to be one of the most talked-about movies of 2015, not that it will be everyone’s cup…
Out with the old and in with the new
Brendan O’Regan‘New Year’s Day saw the launch of the UTV Ireland channel and I thought it was rather low key… Maybe they didn’t want to raise expectations too high’, writes Brendan O’Regan
Ireland’s very troubled relations with the Vatican during the post-war years
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: Vol. IX 1948-1951 ed. by Catriona Crowe, Ronan Fanning and Michael Kennedy (Royal Irish Academy, €50.00)
Seeking a new basic theology
Rethinking Fundamental Theology by Gerald O’Collins, SJ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, £18.99 paperback; also available in hardback, £37.99).
Altruism wasn’t always a money-spinner for Ireland
Peter CostelloThere was little generosity in the early days of the Irish Free State
Some real treats in store for the new year
Aubrey Malone rounds up the best films to look out for in the New Year
Abortion back in media over Christmas
‘religious imagination is scarce enough in media land these days’, writes Brendan O’Regan
Christmas among the Eastern Christians
‘It is a complicated scene, and one largely unfamiliar to western Catholics’, writes Peter Costello
Cyber-slums where abusers prowl need pastoral care – Vatican
A new kind of ghetto needs the Church’s presence and people’s solidarity: the “digital slum” where cyberbullying and online pornography and abuse run rampant, said speakers at a recent Vatican news conference. Online harassment and abuse are “a new form of violence” against many young people and children, said Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the…