Position Papers – Review of books
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.
Susan Martin writes about gender, fertility and memory from the perspective of a non-Jewish person walking on the soil where the killing of millions of Jewish people took place. She studies the boundaries between historical record and the recording of memory in the body as it influences current cultural issues of gender identity. This article originally appeared in Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute (see: www.thepublicdiscourse.com) and is reprinted with permission.
This article is a slightly shortened version of the original which appears in https://opusdei.org/en-ie/section/texts-on-christian-life/
Margaret Hickey has written articles on social, cultural and faith issues for The Irish Examiner, Human Life Review (US), The Irish Times, The Furrow and The Irish Catholic. She is a mother of three and lives with her husband in Blarney.
James Bradshaw works in an international consulting firm, based in Dublin, and is a regular contributor to Position Papers.
Kurt Jensen is a guest reviewer for Catholic News Service. Copyright (c) 2019 Catholic News Service. Reprinted with permission from CNS. www.catholicnews.com
Michael Kirke is a freelance writer, a regular contributor to Position Papers, and a widely read blogger at Garvan Hill (www.garvan.wordpress.com). His views can be responded to at mjgkirke@gmail.com.