Brendan O’ReganLast weekend offered great debate on prominent moral issues, writes Brendan O’Regan
Category: Reviews
Constantine – the first Christian Emperor
Courtney McGrailConstantine The Emperor by David Potter (Oxford University Press, £14.99 pb)
Recent books in brief
Simplify: Ten Practices to Unclutter your Soul by Bill Hybels (Hodder & Stoughton, £9.99) The author is an American minister, but what he recommends in this little book has universal application. Though couched in the language of modern self-help, at the heart of what he puts forward is a recognition of the importance of making…
Varied views of James Joyce and his city
Jackson Voices on Joyce Edited by Anne Fogarty & Fran O’Rourke (UCD Press €50.00 hb)
The Gospel truth… or perhaps not
As far as Andrew Bernhard, author of the Other Early Christian Gospels, is concerned, it’s time to put to bed the debate about the so-called Gospel of Jesus’ Wife. Writing a guest post at ntweblog.blogspot.com, he says that “for nearly three years, there has been considerable controversy and confusion about whether a business-card sized papyrus…
Recent books in brief
The Dark Night of the Shed by Nick Page (Hodder & Stoughton, £14.99) Many of us have the wrong dreams, Nick Pages suggests. We don’t need a new Porsche, we need a new purpose. His book is an attempt to come to terms with what our friends the psychologists call the “mid-life crisis”. That sense of…
The rare old Irish Times
The Irish Times: 150 Years of Influence by Terence Brown (Bloomsbury Continuum, £25.00)
O’Donovan Rossa: The maverick Fenian
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa: Unrepentant Fenian by Shane Kenna (Merrion Press, €21.99)
The World of Books
Books Editor The view from the priest’s window In recent years we have seen the publication of many memoirs by Irish missionary priests. Dealing as they do with exotic lands, and often troubled people, these books are always of interest. There is always something in them for us stay-at-homes to learn. But perhaps what we…
Plenty of quality offerings now that summer’s over
Aubrey MaloneThere are a mixed bag of releases on show at the moment, as often happens as the ‘silly season’ grinds to a halt and the autumn schedule kicks in with a vengeance. American Ultra is one of those comedies about lazy people who don’t realise they contain superpowers within themselves. It’s only when the timid…