A Prayer Before Dawn: A Nightmare in Thailand by Billy Moore (Maverick Press, €9.99)
Category: Reviews
Living off our Christian capital
Courtney McGrail“The Bible is the first text to represent victimisation from the standpoint of the victim, and it is this representation which is responsible, ultimately, for our own superior sensibility to violence,” according to the late French philosopher-anthropologist René Girard, observing with reference to some of the Bible’s more violent passages that, “it is for biblical…
Biopic serves as an ode to horticultural sophistry
Aubrey MaloneDare to be Wild (PG)
Saviour seals sea-change in an angry charioteer
Ben-Hur (PG)
Strong-willed figures dominate the airwaves
Brendan O’ReganThe Church is at its most attractive when faith is combined with service, at its worst when it is combined with arrogance or domination. I was prompted to these thoughts by Peter McVerry: A View From the Basement (RTÉ 1, Tuesday of last week), a worthwhile profile of the Jesuit human rights campaigner. Looking back,…
Henri Nouwen, prophet of love and kindness
Life of the Beloved & Our Greatest Gift, by Henri Nouwen (Hodder & Stoughton, £9.99)
Catholic teaching on saving the Earth
Peter CostelloOption for the Poor & for the Earth: From Leo XIII to Pope Francis, edited by Donal Dorr, revised edition (Orbis Books, distributed by Alban Books, £29.99)
Sir John Keane: A titled maverick
Sir John Keane and Cappoquin House in time of war and revolution, by Glascott J.R.M. Symes (Four Courts Press, €9.95)
The Muslim Schoolboy’s Prayer
The World of Books
Woody Allen on auto-pilot in bittersweet charmer
Café Society (12A)