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A review of 'The Life and Travels of Xavier Marmier (1808–1892). Bringing World Literature to France, by Wendy S. Mercer' (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2009)
A review of "The End of Irish Catholicism?" by D. Vincent Twomey
(The Furrow, 2003)
This is a book which grew out of a paper presented by Twomey to a seminar organized by the Institute of Irish Studies, Fordham University, in 2001. The topic of that seminar was 'The Irish Catholic Church Today'. This may ...
Lay and ordained ministry
(The Furrow, 2004)
In the centuries immediately before Vatican II, the ordained priesthood was understood to be the exclusive locus of ministry in the Catholic Church. Since the Council, things have changed dra matically, and in some parts ...
A review of "Governance Structures of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy: Becoming One" by Mary Lyons
(The Furrow, 2007)
The history of religious life in the Catholic Church is one of ups and downs, starts and finishes. The ecclesiastical climate of the time of a reli gious congregation's foundation often marks its organisational structure, ...
A review of "Men and Popular Music in Algeria, Modern Middle-East Series No. 20" by Marc Schade-Poulson
(Cambridge University Press, 2002)
Rai is a form of popular music most closely associated with the city of Oran (Waharan) in the northwestern corner of Algeria. Marc Schade-Poulson's book considers the social significance of the genre in its place of origin ...
Reinventing Ireland: culture, society and the global economy by Peadar Kirby, Luke Gibbons and Michael Cronin
(Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 2002)
Across the margins: cultural identity and change in the Atlantic archipelago by Glenda Norquay and Gerry Smyth
(Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 2003)
Review of 'The Colonial Conan Doyle: British Imperialism, Irish Nationalism and the Gothic by Catherine Wynne'
(Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 2003)
A review of "Niger, Musiques des Tuaregs, Vols 1&2 (Azawagh and In Gall)" recorded by François Borel (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2004)
This excellent pair of CDs is largely compiled from recordings made by Francois Borel between 1971 and the late 1990s. Each takes a specific regional community as its focus and provides a comprehensive cross-section of its ...
A review of "God Still Matters" by Herbert McCabe
(The Furrow, 2003)
Pp. 264. Price ?16.99 stg. Herbert McCabe, who died in 2001, was an outstanding English Dominican scholar and preacher. His working career spanned the entire latter half of the twentieth century and he has left a lasting ...