Article Category: Theology

Food Waste and Old Wisdom

Edmond Grace SJ Edmond Grace SJ is a research fellow with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. He studied theology in the Milltown Institute, law at Trinity College Dublin, and Columbia University. He is the author of Democracy and Public Happiness, Advisor on Citizen Participation on The Wheel, and former Secretary for Ecology in… Read more »

Food and the Environmental Crisis

Fintan Lyons OSB Fintan Lyons OSB is a monk of Glenstal Abbey. His publications include Martin Luther: His Challenge Then and Now; Food, Feast and Fast: From Ancient World to Environmental Crisis; The Persistence of Evil: A Cultural, Literary and Theological Analysis; and The People’s Celebration of the Eucharist. Issue 98 of Working Notes was… Read more »

The Importance of a Healthy Ecology of Protest

Judith Russenberger Judith Russenberger, Christian Climate Action, is a retired mother of three, with degrees in Building Surveying and Biblical Studies, and a member of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis. Her activism has included weekly vigils outside the British Parliament, Lloyds of London, and the headquarters of Shell and BP. Her… Read more »

Pope Francis and his papacy: A turning point in Christian history?

Peadar Kirby Peadar Kirby is Professor Emeritus of International Politics and Public Policy, University of Limerick and Research Coordinator, Cloughjordan Ecovillage. His novel on the last of the Avignon popes, ‘Misean go Peñiscola’ won second prize in Comórtas Liteartha an Oireachtais 2024. The avalanche of tributes that followed the death of Pope Francis went far… Read more »

Solidarity as a Political Practice: A European Perspective

Introduction “Più Italia, meno Europa” (More Italy, less Europe). This was one of the slogans adopted by the Italian far-right party Lega (the League) for the last European elections. Another one was “Cambiamo l’Europa prima che lei cambi noi” (Let’s change Europe, before it changes us). Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), the political party of… Read more »

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Ireland in Crisis – How Can Intelligent People Be So Stupid

Views from Above and Below Ireland is at a crossroads, indeed it is in crisis. But the cause of the crisis is not some external agency or force. The cause of the crisis is within. There are two ways of looking at Ireland’s economic fortunes. There is a view from the top and a view… Read more »

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Pax nostra: the role of armed forces in replacing the bonds of war with the bonds of charity

Dr Elise Lefeuvre Dr Elise Lefeuvre is adjunct lecturer at UCC School of Law. She holds a Master from Sciences Po Lyon, a MSc from LSE, and a PhD from UCC. “The starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.” Immanuel Kant, Critique of Practical Reason (1788) INTRODUCTION Military work is, in essence,… Read more »

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Irish Neutrality, International Peacekeeping, and Policing

Prof. Tobias Winright Tobias Winright is Professor of Moral Theology at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, and he is Associate Member of the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. INTRODUCTION: SITUATING IRELAND After visiting Ireland regularly for over 24 years, my family and I moved to Maynooth from the United States of… Read more »

A map of Dublin from 1756.

This is the Air We Breathe: Sharing suburban place and story in the North-East Inner-City of Dublin.

Every time you go from one neighbourhood and enter another and see an inequality and say ‘that is the way it is’ you are calling that which is demonic, natural.

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The Changing Faith of Dublin’s North-East Inner-City: Building Bridges Across Communities with Dublin City Interfaith Forum

In 2006, in the North-East Inner-City of Dublin alone, the scale of the change in the religious landscape was staggering and evident to those paying attention.