Browsing Department of Theology and Religious Studies by Subject "Church"

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    • Can we still love and serve the church? 

      Duffy, Eugene (The Furrow, 1997)
      I was at a party recently and asI sat comfortably ensconced in my armchair, a middle-aged lady, of comfortable means, sat on the arm of my chair and began to tell me what she thought of the Church . She went through the ...

    • The Eucharist today 

      Duffy, Eugene (The Tablet Publishing Company, 1998)
      Contemporary eucharistic theology focuses on the liturgical action of the Mass as a whole, stressing equally that it is a sacred banquet, a memorial and a sacrifice. It is an action of the gathered assmebly, not just of ...

    • Holy Thursday: deepening our appreciation for eucharist 

      Duffy, Eugene (Columba Press, 1999)

    • 'Our children, our church': significant problems 

      Connolly, Patrick (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 ...

    • Rahner's “tough love” for the church – structural change in the church as task and opportunity 

      Conway, Eamonn (Oxford Peter Lang, 2010)
      A period of Rahner's life that has received insufficient attention is that following his formal retirement as a professor at the age of sixty-seven in '97'. This was a particularly vibrant and fruitful time in Rahner's ...

    • The service of a different kingdom: child sexual abuse and the response of the church 

      Conway, Eamonn (The Columba Press, 1999)
      This paper sets out to explore theologically some aspects of the recent Irish experience of child sexual abuse by priests and religious and to assess the implications for the life and ministry of the church. The insights ...