Browsing Department of Theology and Religious Studies by Title
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Meet the parents: Matthew’s annunciation story (Matthew 1:18-25)
(Redemptorist Communications, 2017)Luke's story of the birth of Jesus captures the imagination through its highly visual story that has inspired poets, hymn-writers and artists. Matthew's story is darker, but it has much to teach us, especially about the ... -
Meister Eckhart and Jan Van Ruusbroec: a comparison
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'Mercy and righteousness have met': literary structure as key to the centrality of mercy in Romans
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)The aim in presenting this dissertation is to establish the thesis that one fundamental literary structure identifiable in Romans provides a clue to a satisfactory reading of the Letter. By ‘satisfactory reading’ I mean a ... -
Midwives to the mystery
(The Furrow, 1994)Christians should be capable of providing a response to people who ask the reason for the hope that they have (1 Peter 3:15). A reason, whatever else it is, is meant to be reasonable. Some thing appears reasonable if it ... -
Millennium meditations on Irish faith and culture
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Ministry
(NY and London: Routledge, 2008)While in practice ministry in the Christian churches is flourishing, theologically speaking it is in a state of some disarray at this time. Prior to the Second Vatican Council the term 'ministry' was not common in Roman ... -
Mother Arsenius and the eye of providence
(Columba Press:Dublin, 1994) -
The NCCA’s proposed ERB and ethics curriculum for primary schools: a critique
(NCCA [National Council for Curriculum and Assessment], 2016) -
Nicht nur ein paar faule Apfel. Die Kirche in Irland bleibt durch Kindesmissbrauch gezeichnet
(2009)Gegen die katholische Kirche in Irland werden in verschiedenen Ermittlungsberichten schwere Missbrauchs-VorwiJrje erhoben. Tausende Kinder sind demnach in kirchlichen Einrichtungen von Ordensleuten und Priestern missbraucht ... -
The non-ordained in ministry
(The Furrow, 1995)I have been asked by the Pastoral Commission of CORI (formerly the Conference of Major Religious Superiors) to provide some theological reflections arising out of the results of their survey of non-ordained ministers. ... -
Of Bishops and Priests
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On proclaiming sound doctrine: A Theology of method
(The Furrow, 1999) -
'Our children, our church': significant problems
(The Furrow, 2006)When published last December, the document Our Children, Our Church (hereafter OCOC) received a broad welcome. In recent months, however, it has come in for more detailed scrutiny as its practical implications have become ... -
The Pastoral Area: Pointers Towards a Theological Rationale.
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The path to self-knowledge
(The Furrow, 1998)'And some seed fell into rich soil, and growing tall and strong, produced crop' (Mk 4:1-20). A saint's life is like the seed which found rich soil and produced a great harvest. Today we recall the seed which fell on very ... -
A personal response to the consultation paper on: education about religions and beliefs (ERB) and ethics in the primary school
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Post-modern Ireland - A Christian response
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Presbyteral collegiality: precedents and horizons
(The Catholic University of America Press, 2009)The fall-out from the child sexual abuse scandals involving clergy has opened up a wide range of significant theological questions for the Roman Catholic Church. Among the many issues that have been raised are: the Church’s ... -
The presence of Christ in the Eucharist: a strange neglect of the Resurrection?
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2015)Eminent theologians, Gerald O’Collins, Anthony J. Kelly and Luis M. Bermejo claim that a strange neglect of Jesus’ resurrection persists in contemporary theologies of the Eucharist. All three suggest that this deficiency ... -
‘The price of sparrows’: experiencing God today
(Columba Press, 1992)Religion is in decline in Ireland. Many questions spring to mind. Why are fewer people experiencing active and involved membership of the Church as fulfilling? Why does the prevailing attitude of the media to the Church ...