One of the consolations during darker periods in history is that the…
Author: The Web Editor (page 2)
Faustian temptations and Promethean dreams
Do we live in the best of times or do we live…
About the Author: Michael Kirke
Michael Kirke is a freelance writer, a regular contributor to Position Papers, and a widely read blogger at Garvan Hill (garvan.wordpress.com). His views can be responded to at mjgkirke@gmail.com.
Blessed are the Peacemakers
John Hume: The Persuader Stephen Walker Gill Books Oct. 2023 432 pages…
About the Author: Pat Hanratty
Pat Hanratty taught Science/Chemistry in Tallaght Community School from its inception in 1972 until he retired in 2010. He was the school’s first Transition Year Co-ordinator and for four years he had the role of Home School Community Liaison Officer.
The Cardinal who fearlessly opposed the “armed struggle”
A New Ireland: Memories and Reflections of Cardinal Cahal B. Daly Gemma…
About the Author: Tim O'Sullivan
Tim O’Sullivan taught healthcare policy at third level in Ireland and has degrees in History and French and a PhD in social policy from University College Dublin.
Church and community in a post-Christian world (Part Two)
While doctrinaire socialism as a governing philosophy is at a low ebb…
About the Author: James Bradshaw
James Bradshaw writes on topics including history, culture, film and literature. This is the second of a two-part article, based on a lecture delivered at the conference on the “Human Person” which took place in St Mary’s Church in Cork city on 27 January 2024. The day-long conference was organised by the Dominican Order in honour of St Thomas Aquinas.
Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson on the Bible
In a recent viral video released on Christmas Day 2023, Jordan Peterson and…
About the Author: Christopher Kaczor
Dr Christopher Kaczor is the Honorary Professor for the Renewal of Catholic Intellectual Life at the Word on Fire Institute. He is also Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of sixteen books, including Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life. This article is reprinted from the website www.wordonfire.org
New Atheism grows old
The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism grew Old…
About the Author: Patrick Gorevan
Rev. Patrick Gorevan is a priest of the Opus Dei Prelature. He lectures in philosophy in St Patrick’s College Maynooth and is academic tutor at Maryvale Institute. He has written on the early phenomenological movement, virtue ethics and the role of emotion in moral action.
Poor Things
The highly idiosyncratic Yorgos Lanthimos revisits the myth of Frankenstein through the…
About the Author: Juan Luis Sánchez
This film review originally appeared in Spanish on www.decine21.com and is reprinted with permission.
Editorial – February 2024
This month we explore the question “Is there community without religion?” through…