Peter CostelloPriesthood Today: Ministry in a Changing Church ed. by Eamon Conway (Veritas, €19.99 / £16.99)
Category: Reviews
Irish dance and the music of time
The Irish Dancing: Cultural Politics and Identities, 1900-2000 by Barbara O’Connor (Cork University Press, €39.00/£32.00)
‘The arrogance of unfettered military power’
Massacre in West Cork: The Dunmanway and Ballygroman Killings by Barry Keane (Mercier Press, €19.99 / £16.99 – also available as an eBook).
A ‘controversial’ sacrament
The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession, by John Cornwell (Profile Books, €20.99/£16.99)
Towards a Catholic reawakening
This pamphlet is adapted from a lecture which Dermot Lane, the retired president of the Mater Dei Institute, gave to a conference on religions and beliefs in primary education held at St Patrick’s College back in April 2013. He drew on some of the material in the Report on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary…
Noah’s flood and God’s covenant with man
In the history of biblical archaeology, as it developed during the Victorian era, no episode is more remarkable that the discovery made by George Smith of the British Museum in 1872. On a clay tablet from the royal library of Nineveh he deciphered a much older Mesopotamian version of the flood story familiar from the…
The common heritage of all Christians
Encountering God and Discovering our True Identity: Reflections on the First Readings of Cycles A, by John Littleton (Columba Books, €12.99/£10.99)
Issues of life and death explored
Brendan O’ReganA moving documentary restores faith in humanity
It’s that time of the year again
Aubrey MaloneAubrey Malone profiles the Oscar contenders
‘Count Your Blessings’ Lent app
Cathal BarryWith Lent fast approaching, Christian Aid has launched a brand new mobile app to help people pause and think about their lives and those of others around the world. Using stunning photography and thought provoking daily reflections, the free ëCount Your Blessingsí app aims to be a source of inspiration throughout the 40 days of…