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Tom Garvin on National Identity in Ireland

Tom Garvin argues that Irish national identity developed through major social and political changes, including land reform, mass education and Catholicism, while nationalism combined religious, cultural and political loyalties.

Garret FitzGerald on the Irish Electoral System

Garret FitzGerald examines the 1958 proposal to replace PR-STV with first-past-the-post, outlining arguments over coalition governments, minority representation, parliamentary opposition and electoral fairness.

Mary Guckian – December Lights in Pearse Street

Poetry: Mary Guckian, ‘December Lights in Pearse Street’, Studies: An Irish Review, Vol. 98, No. 392 (Winter, 2009),

Memento Mori and the ‘Good Death’ in Baroque Art

In Baroque Rome, death was not hidden but placed at the heart of religious and artistic life. Memento mori encouraged people to confront mortality and reflect on how they lived.

Zen and the West

In this article from 1967, William (Bill) Johnston, SJ, discusses Christian and Western attitudes towards Zen Buddhism,

Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Social Philosophy’

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.

Doing Theology in Dangerous Times

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.

Judaeo-Christian Theology & an Ecology in Crisis

In this article from 1996, Professor Desmond Gillmor 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.

Tom Garvin on National Identity in Ireland

Garret FitzGerald on the Irish Electoral System

Mary Guckian – December Lights in Pearse Street

Memento Mori and the ‘Good Death’ in Baroque Art

Zen and the West

Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Social Philosophy’

Doing Theology in Dangerous Times

Judaeo-Christian Theology & an Ecology in Crisis

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