The world before Christ – and indeed for centuries after Christ –…
Category: In Passing (page 7)
On the ironies of history
The ironies of history are manifold. They can intrigue us as much…
Words, word, words
Many years ago a responsible figure in the world of Irish education…
Roads taken and roads not taken
Oscar Wilde came to the sacraments of the Catholic Faith late in…
Miles Davis and the God Question
Miles Davis’ So What? is one of the most famous and intriguing pieces of…
In Passing: Truth and Tolerance
In his great study of religion and its place in our world,…
In Passing: Fiction that Takes us a Step Beyond
There is a genre of fiction with which not everyone may feel…
Dispatches from the Great Awokening
Given our strange and uncertain current political and cultural landscape, it is…
In Passing: A rudderless ship on a treacherous sea
One of the many, many revealing things which historian Tom Holland brings…