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Studies, an Irish Quarterly Review, has been published continuously every quarter since 1912. Here are a selection of articles from past issues:

Votes for Youth

Arthur E. Clery’s “Votes for Youth” (1915) argues that young people deserve the vote, presenting political representation as a means of protecting youth from exploitation, poor education, violence, and social neglect.

The Greeks and Painted Sculpture

D.J. Finn’s “The Greeks and Painted Sculpture” (1913) challenges the enduring myth of pristine white Greek marble, revealing how colour was integral to Greek sculpture and its artistic ideals.

A retrospective on Rerum Novarum

Henry Somerville’s “The ‘Rerum Novarum’ After Forty Years” (1931) reflects on the encyclical’s lasting influence on Catholic social teaching, labour rights, wages, and economic reform.

Patrick Lynch on the Irish Economic Prospect

Patrick Lynch’s article (1955) examines Ireland’s economic challenges, highlighting agricultural dependence, emigration, limited industrial growth, tourism, and the need for greater investment and state-supported development.

Catholic education and ‘Christian responsibility’

Joseph Veale’s 1964 article critiques Catholic education for fostering passive, fear-driven faith, calling instead for mature Christianity rooted in freedom, personal commitment, and responsibility.

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Studies is a quarterly journal of the Irish Jesuit Province. Founded and in continuous publication since 1912, it examines social, political, cultural, and economic issues, both Irish and global, in the light of Christian values, and it explores aspects of literature, history, philosophy and religion.

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