In this article from 1996, Professor Desmond Gillmore assesses the impact of the concept of ‘ecological dominion’ within Judaeo-Christian theology on humanity’s relationships with, attitudes to, and care-taking of the natural world. He explores the… Read the Article »Judaeo-Christian Theology & an Ecology in Crisis
In this article from 2018 – adapted from a lecture given at a Loyola Institute conference that same year – authors Dr Michael Kirwan SJ and Jessica Hazrati argue for the renewal of theological practice… Read the Article »Doing Theology in Dangerous Times
In this Studies article from 1960, author Neil Hurley delves into what he considers the ‘social philosophy’ of renowned Golden Age actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin. Discussing Chaplin’s impoverished beginnings, Hurley projects the lifelong impact… Read the Article »Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Social Philosophy’
In this article from 1967, William (Bill) Johnston, SJ, discusses Christian and Western attitudes towards Zen Buddhism, Jungian analysis of Western attempts to adopt Zen philosophies and practices, and the potential for fruitful dialogue between… Read the Article »Zen and the West
As we reach the end of the first full week of the new year, and as we’ve been making resolutions for good changes in our lives – we present an extract from Dr Corinna Ricasoli’s… Read the Article »Memento Mori and the ‘Good Death’ in Baroque Art
In this extract from his 1951 article, author J. J. W. Murphy (CSsR) provides an historical background to early Irish involvement in peacekeeping efforts in Palestine; specifically during the years immediately preceding the formal establishment… Read the Article »Irishmen in Palestine: 1946-48
Mary Guckian, ‘December Lights in Pearse Street’, Studies: An Irish Review, Vol. 98, No. 392 (Winter, 2009), 378. JSTOR link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25660700 – December Lights in Pearse Street Damp air hangs Over Pearse Street On a… Read the Article »Mary Guckian – December Lights in Pearse Street
In this review-cum-historical-account from the Summer 2015 edition of Studies, Tom Mooney discusses the background to the European premier of Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Silent Night at the Wexford Festival Opera, alongside a history of Wexford’s… Read the Article »“Silent Night” – Wexford, Opera, and the First World War
In his article ‘The Irish Economic Prospect’, Patrick Lynch MRIA presents a comprehensive overview of the issues that faced the Irish economy as it stood in 1955. Many we are familiar with from our own… Read the Article »Patrick Lynch on the Irish Economic Prospect
In this lengthy article published in the Spring of 1959, future-Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald outlines the government debates regarding the Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1958, which sought to change Ireland’s electoral system from Proportional… Read the Article »Garret FitzGerald on the Irish Electoral System