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'Education about religions and beliefs (ERB) and ethics in the primary school: Consultation paper’ A response
(2016)
O'Connell, Daniel
'Education about religions and beliefs (ERB) and ethics in the primary school: Consultation paper’ A response
(2016)
O'Connell, Daniel
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'Education about religions and beliefs ERB and ethics in the primary school: Consultation paper’ A response.
http://hdl.handle.net/10395/2623
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‘I think it’s very difficult to be different’ How does religious education contribute to inclusion in an Irish Roman Catholic post-primary school?
(2019)
Sullivan, Gillian
‘I think it’s very difficult to be different’ How does religious education contribute to inclusion in an Irish Roman Catholic post-primary school?
(2019)
Sullivan, Gillian
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This study seeks to investigate the capacity of religious education within a denominational setting to contribute to an authentic inclusion. The understanding of an authentic inclusion that underpins this study recognises and engages with the complexities of a pluralism, in which there are often incompatible and contested world views on the nature of the ultimate order-of-things, by providing opportunities and encounters for true communication and dialogue. In reviewing the literature differing, and at times conflicting, expectations regarding the purpose, nature and scope of RE in post-primary schools, as held by the Irish State and the Catholic Church, is identified. These conflicting expectations have emerged from the historical influence which the Catholic Church has had on Irish education as a whole, and on the provision of RE in particular, and the subsequent efforts of recent governments to align practice more closely with European educational policy. This qualitative bounde...
http://doras.dcu.ie/22896/
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"It is bread and It is Christ's body too:" presence and sacrifice in the eucharistic theology of Jeremy Taylor
(2019)
Barlow, Paul
"It is bread and It is Christ's body too:" presence and sacrifice in the eucharistic theology of Jeremy Taylor
(2019)
Barlow, Paul
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This thesis examines the eucharistic theology of Bishop Jeremy Taylor (1613 – 1667), Bishop of Down and Connor. The introductory material surveys material written on Taylor over the 20th Century and the second chapter then lays out the development of eucharistic doctrine following the Reformation with a focus on the Church of England in order to locate Taylor’s thought. Two chapters offer an analysis and exegesis of Taylor’s important work The Real Presence and Spiritual of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament Proved Against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation, including an assessment of his understanding of transubstantiation. These are followed by a further chapter investigating Taylor’s writing on the eucharist in other devotional and apologetic works. Together this provides an assessment of Taylor’s understanding of eucharistic presence, an evaluation of his term ‘spiritual presence’ and additionally an exposition of his theology of eucharistic sacrifice. The analysis of Taylor’s writ...
http://doras.dcu.ie/23557/
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“I am a Catholic Buddhist”: the voice of children on religion and religious education in an Irish Catholic primary school classroom
(2018)
Harmon, Maurice
“I am a Catholic Buddhist”: the voice of children on religion and religious education in an Irish Catholic primary school classroom
(2018)
Harmon, Maurice
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The study of religion and religious education (RE) has become a significant educational issue in Europe and in the wider international context. This original research study offers another voice, often absent from the conversation, that of the children in one Irish Catholic primary school classroom. Thirty-five children aged between eleven and thirteen become co-researchers in a participatory-based exploration of their views on religion and religious education. An interpretive paradigm is used, which is concerned with understanding the world as it is from the subjective reality of the individual. The study is therefore grounded in the children’s own experiences and perceptions within the qualitative field of study. Children in the study are from a variety of religious and belief traditions and all did not partake in formal RE in school, as per their parent’s right to withdraw then. The children highlight how their families’ belief systems have an influence on how they perceive their ...
http://doras.dcu.ie/22639/
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A personal inquiry into psycho-spiritual development
(2017)
Hurley, Padraic
A personal inquiry into psycho-spiritual development
(2017)
Hurley, Padraic
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An incisive recognition of the intimate link between our present wicked global problems and consciousness, in particular the self induced nature of such, pervades the backdrop of this inquiry. However consciousness growth is far from a defined linear process and I set out to inquire in this study, into what I consider to be a potential high leverage nodal point, within a level/line framing of the issue. I explore the unfolding of the spiritual line of development within Integral Theory’s AQAL matrix, beyond its presently perceived, in many respects seeming arrested nature in contemporary culture. I track and trace the spiritual line through empirically based structure-stages and state-stages of development and its potential occlusions in shadow, to set the foundation for a further empirical dimension of the research. Here I set out to measure through an integral lens interpretation of a rigorously designed and validated Spiritual Intelligence SQ21 assessment tool, an integral psycho...
http://doras.dcu.ie/21991/
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A personal response to the consultation paper on: education about religions and beliefs (ERB) and ethics in the primary school
(2016)
Duffy, Eugene
A personal response to the consultation paper on: education about religions and beliefs (ERB) and ethics in the primary school
(2016)
Duffy, Eugene
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A personal response to the consultation paper on: education about religions and beliefs (ERB) and ethics in the primary school.
http://hdl.handle.net/10395/2624
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A Qualitative Study of Youth Evangelisation using the Internet
(2011)
Sebastian, Sony
A Qualitative Study of Youth Evangelisation using the Internet
(2011)
Sebastian, Sony
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This research examines the effectiveness of the Internet as a means of youth evangelisation The project is divided into two mam parts (1) The establishment of a theoretical base relating to the concept of evangelisation, the Internet as a means of social communication and youth culture (11) The design, implementation and analysis of a cohort of case studies to test a research question based on the theoretical perspectives Following a general introduction (Ch 1), the chapter on evangelisation (Ch 2) defines the concept and examines its development The Internet as a means of social communication is considered in chapter 3, preceded by an overview of broader models of communication of relevance to web 2 0 In chapter 4 various aspects of contemporary global youth culture are considered in the context of web 2 0 The second part of the study - the fieldwork, covered in Chapters 5-7, is based on the design and activation of an online portal (Cybersouls) The mam research question was to tes...
http://doras.dcu.ie/22735/
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An examination of the effectiveness of religious congregations
(1988)
Guy, Mary
An examination of the effectiveness of religious congregations
(1988)
Guy, Mary
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This is a study of the attitude to congregational life and change in six Irish religious congregations. A total of 162 religious responded to a detailed questionnaire related to the following topics: communication; participation in the congregation; mission statement, charism; purpose of the congregation; satisfaction with the congregation; leadership; congregational life; work; and change. The study identified a number of negative areas, which must give cause for concern at this crucial stage m the life of many Irish congregations. It also identified a lack of specificity m the mission statements of congregations, which is likely to prevent any evaluation of congregational effectiveness and suggested a number of strategies based on organisational development models.
http://doras.dcu.ie/18793/
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An exploration of the experiences of minority faith and minority worldview students of a Roman Catholic school ethos in post-primary schools in the Republic of Ireland
(2018)
Stapleton, Catherine
An exploration of the experiences of minority faith and minority worldview students of a Roman Catholic school ethos in post-primary schools in the Republic of Ireland
(2018)
Stapleton, Catherine
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This study explores the school-based experiences of a sample of students of minority faith or minority worldview attending Post-Primary schools with a Catholic ethos. The primary aim of this research is to give voice to these students regarding their experiences of a Catholic school ethos and how this ethos caters for the spiritual and moral development of this cohort of students. A secondary aim of the research is to explore the relevance and practise of identity humility theory in relation to these students’ lived experiences of schools whose ethos may be at variance with the students’ espoused belief systems. This qualitative study draws on semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of eighteen self-selecting students who identified as people of minority faith or belief worldviews attending a Catholic post-primary school. Interpretative Phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used to interrogate the data set. The emerging themes were further reflected on in terms of the the...
http://doras.dcu.ie/22548/
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An investigation into the Experiences of international Muslim students in an Irish university
(2017)
Gamze Üstündağ, Buse
An investigation into the Experiences of international Muslim students in an Irish university
(2017)
Gamze Üstündağ, Buse
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Ireland has transformed from being a country of emigration to a country of immigration within the past two decades. The transformation is evident in Irish higher education which currently recruits over one hundred thousand international students from across the globe. Although Muslim immigration into Ireland began with international students who came to study in Royal College of Surgeons Ireland in 1950s, research on Muslim students, particularly international, in Irish higher education has largely been neglected to date. Consequently, this project explores the experiences of international Muslim students (IMS) in an Irish university, asks whether a religious identity is a pertinent factor in intercultural contact, and investigates internationalisation of higher education in Ireland from the perspective of IMS. The study used a constructive grounded theory approach within an interpretative framework. 23 semi-structured, qualitative interviews were conducted with IMS from undergradu...
http://doras.dcu.ie/21934/
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An investigation of how the Catholic tradition of educational thought might be given new articulation in the light of selected aspects of the work of three contemporary philosophers
(2014)
Foley, Michael J.
An investigation of how the Catholic tradition of educational thought might be given new articulation in the light of selected aspects of the work of three contemporary philosophers
(2014)
Foley, Michael J.
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This thesis exam ines the work o f three philosophers - Jacques M aritain, Bernard Lonergan and Terence H. M cLaughlin - with a view to recovering from their educational w ritings important insights and approaches pertinent to the task o f giving new articulation to Catholic philosophy o f education today. Having noted the virtual disappearance o f the Thom ist-A ristotelian tradition in Catholic educational discourse over the past half-century, the thesis seeks to identify in these authors elements that suggest new perspectives on the Catholic educational tradition in a postm odern age. The thesis selects aspects of the work o f these thinkers that m erit critical appraisal in any attempt to give a systematic and detailed expression to the Catholic tradition o f educational thought today, namely: (1) M aritain’s integral Christian humanism, (2) Lonergan’s transcendental method, and (3) M cLauglin’s notion and practice o f pedagogic phronesis. This study concludes with a reflection ...
http://doras.dcu.ie/22516/
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Catholicism in Ireland, 1880-2015: rise, ascendancy and retreat
(2018)
Ó Corráin, Daithí
Catholicism in Ireland, 1880-2015: rise, ascendancy and retreat
(2018)
Ó Corráin, Daithí
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In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Catholicism was a defining element of Irish national identity and the terms Catholic and Irish were virtually synonymous for three-quarters of the population. The identification of faith and nationalist political identity, first harnessed by Daniel O’Connell, strengthened during successive efforts to end the Union and emerged triumphant in independent Ireland. Partition reinforced the association of political allegiance and religious affiliation on both sides of the border after 1920. Under the leadership of ultramontanist Cardinal Paul Cullen from 1852 until 1878, the Irish Catholic Church assumed a form that it maintained, remarkably, for over a century. This was characterised by a strong allegiance to Rome; a vast institutional presence through control of Catholic education, health and welfare homes; a disciplined clergy under episcopal control; and a thriving ‘spiritual empire’ abroad. The exceptional popular piety of twentieth-century ...
http://doras.dcu.ie/23140/
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Children, religion and the ethics of influence
(2015)
Tillson, John
Children, religion and the ethics of influence
(2015)
Tillson, John
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This thesis investigates how (if at all) children ought to be influenced with respect to religion(s). To answer this question, I develop a theory of cognitive curriculum content and apply it to the teaching of religious beliefs and beliefs about religions. By ‘a theory of cognitive curriculum content,’ I mean a theory that determines which truth-claims belong on the curriculum, and whether or not teachers ought to promote students’ belief of those claims. I extend this theory to help educators to decide which attitudes address on the curriculum and whether or not to promote them. I then apply this to the case of religious attitudes and attitudes about religions. I argue that where having or failing to have a certain attitude makes a significant difference to students’ lives, it ought to be addressed by curricula. Where failing to have the attitude is irrational, this failure ought to be remedied; where having the attitude is irrational, that attitude ought to be discouraged; and whe...
http://doras.dcu.ie/22608/
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Consensus making, brokerage and compromise: the process of curriculum design in Ireland as evidenced in the development of a curriculum in education about religions and beliefs (ERB) and ethics.
(2018)
Sullivan, Patrick
Consensus making, brokerage and compromise: the process of curriculum design in Ireland as evidenced in the development of a curriculum in education about religions and beliefs (ERB) and ethics.
(2018)
Sullivan, Patrick
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This study considers the process of curriculum design in the Republic of Ireland through a case study of the development of the National Council of Curriculum and Assessment’s (NCCA) proposed curriculum in Education about Religions and Beliefs (ERB) and Ethics for primary schools. This thesis contends that by examining the process through which curriculum is developed, one can better understand the influences that shape it. The research approach is situated within the qualitative paradigm and uses semi-structured interviews to examine the role played by the executive of NCCA, trade unions and school management bodies in the development of a curriculum in ERB and Ethics. What emerges is a complex landscape of power relations, vested interests and influential partners in education. The research presents a new understanding of the partnership approach to curriculum development; one that includes both formal and informal dimensions of negotiation, brokerage and compromise. It also demon...
http://doras.dcu.ie/22638/
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Documentary realism and fundamentalist religion in Ireland: a case study of power in the blood together with The Rocky Road to Dublin and The Road to God Knows Where
(2009)
Brereton, Pat
Documentary realism and fundamentalist religion in Ireland: a case study of power in the blood together with The Rocky Road to Dublin and The Road to God Knows Where
(2009)
Brereton, Pat
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Introduction: According to many critics documentary helps to interpret history and promote human understanding while dramatising and bending reality. In general it does not draw conclusions, but rather consists of statements and assertions so that conclusions can be drawn. All the ‘creative’ documentaries discussed in this paper attempt to address the power and influence of religion in Ireland and to encourage audiences to reflect on such issues using a range of conventional strategies from direct address to cinema verite techniques, drawing upon the powerful influence of Robert Flaherty's poetic exposé of Man of Aran from the 1930s, together with more recent documentary techniques using more dialogical and reflexive formats. Peter Lennon, John T. Davis and Alan Gilsenan's documentaries under discussion in this paper present a relatively raw yet somber aesthetic, combining many of these techniques in their varying attempts to understand and appreciate the historical power ...
http://doras.dcu.ie/15141/
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Female embodiment and the ascetic impulse: in search of a theology of the female body
(2019)
Staunton, Alyson
Female embodiment and the ascetic impulse: in search of a theology of the female body
(2019)
Staunton, Alyson
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This thesis explores how female embodiment has been conceived of in Christianity, extending from the patristic era – with its intermingling of Greco-Roman and Jewish conceptions of the body and woman – to the present day and the current debates around the distinction between sex and gender. Examining how women both presented and were represented in historical, theoretical and medical discourse, it argues that a continuing theme of self-discipline of the female form through asceticism – notably through fasting – is evident throughout this period. This thesis proposes that the constant of asceticism, what is termed the ‘ascetic impulse’ – can be traced throughout in such apparently disparate forms as the virile virgin of the early church through to the secular anorectic of today. It argues that such ascetic acts, rather than being understood as purely self-destructive or wholly attributable to the patriarchal or misogynistic tendencies inherent in Christianity, point to a desire to es...
http://doras.dcu.ie/23687/
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In the shadow of the church: Irish and Quebec cinema
(2009)
Gillan, Mary
In the shadow of the church: Irish and Quebec cinema
(2009)
Gillan, Mary
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Ireland and the Canadian, largely francophone, province of Quebec share many similarities. Issues of religion, language and cultural identity have marked their history and influenced their relationship with their former English colonizer. The Catholic Church was a formidable force in both societies and shaped the public and private spheres. Quebec's 'Quiet Revolution' of the 1960s sounded the death knell of this Catholic state as rapid secularization shattered Church power. Social change and the erosion of Church influence had a more belated arrival in Ireland by comparison. It was not until the 1990s, amid unprecedented economic growth and revelations of serious and far-reaching clerical transgression, that the Church’s influence receded and it became a target of sustained media critique. This thesis will examine the historical and political reasons for the growth and decline of the Catholic Church in Quebec and Ireland, and highlight important differences in religio...
http://doras.dcu.ie/2206/
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Ireland and Vatican II: aspects of episcopal engagement with and reception of a Church Council, 1959-1977
(2019)
Carville, Gary
Ireland and Vatican II: aspects of episcopal engagement with and reception of a Church Council, 1959-1977
(2019)
Carville, Gary
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The Second Vatican Council (1962-65), also referred to as Vatican II, was the most momentous event in the life of the Roman Catholic Church during the twentieth century and it brought to a close what some commentators have described as 'the long nineteenth century', a timeline stretching from the period of the French revolution to the 1960s. The council was a call to renewal, or 'aggiornamento', whereby the church returned to its sources in order to strengthen and deepen its capacity to engage with modern society. This thesis assesses the degree to which Vatican II was received in the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland under the headings of collegiality and 'communio', the modernisation of Irish society, ecumenism and liturgy. In advance of that, it will examine the historiography of church councils together with various understandings of reception. While the reception of a church council is an ongoing process, the thesis is primarily concentrated on ...
http://doras.dcu.ie/22865/
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Irish churches and mosque - towards a model of media relations
(2004)
O'Brien, Breda
Irish churches and mosque - towards a model of media relations
(2004)
O'Brien, Breda
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This thesis looks at current media relations practice as conducted on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland, the Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church and members of the Islamic community in Ireland. It also asks what model of media relations is most appropriate for religious organisations. In the academic world, there has been growing interest in analysis of the intersecting fields of media, culture and religion, yet the practice of media relations conducted on behalf of religious organisations has not been closely examined. There is a great deal of literature in the broad area of religion and media, but far less about religious media relations, and less again about the situation in Ireland. The thesis begins with a review of what has been wntten about the topic and related areas. It then addresses three questions. Firstly, what do religious representatives hope to achieve through a presence in the media7. In other words, what do they see as the objectives...
http://doras.dcu.ie/18116/
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Monks, manuscripts, Muhammad, and the future of digital editions
(2018)
Allen, Garrick
Monks, manuscripts, Muhammad, and the future of digital editions
(2018)
Allen, Garrick
http://doras.dcu.ie/22647/
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Perceptions of mis/recognition: the experiences of Sunni Muslim individuals in Dublin, Ireland
(2019)
Delaney, Des
Perceptions of mis/recognition: the experiences of Sunni Muslim individuals in Dublin, Ireland
(2019)
Delaney, Des
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By utilising Axel Honneth’s recognition-theoretic framework alongside empirical data, this research aims to synthesise theory and practice in order to gain a better understanding of how individuals from the Sunni Muslim community living within the Republic of Ireland’s [ROI] capital city, Dublin, perceive how they are recognised within four distinct intersubjective arenas of everyday life – within their familial unit, their religio-cultural community, and the broader legal and societal spheres of interaction. This chapter aims to provide further insights into the perceptions of a relatively understudied minority population and gain a better understanding of the recent transition the ROI has made from being a predominantly homogenous society to one of increasing religio-cultural heterogeneity and plurality. Based on twenty-five qualitative semi-structured interviews, the research finds that although perceptions of misrecognition exist within each particular intersubjective sphere, th...
http://doras.dcu.ie/23922/
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Poetic justice in Obadiah
(2010)
Anderson, Bradford
Poetic justice in Obadiah
(2010)
Anderson, Bradford
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The book of Obadiah has long been recognized for its message of lex talionis. This is not, however, simply a theme of this short book. Rather, the present article argues that the idea that Edom’s deeds will return upon its head is embedded in the language of the book itself. This ‘poetic justice’ occurs in a series of word plays and allusions that can be traced throughout Obadiah. The word plays juxtapose the identities and futures of Edom and Judah, and allude in various ways to Edom’s coming reckoning. A recognition of these dimensions of the Hebrew text may help the reader more fully appreciate the rhetorical force and literary artistry of this shortest of prophetic books.
http://doras.dcu.ie/23466/
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Portrait of a marxist as a young nun
(1993)
Sheehan, Helena
Portrait of a marxist as a young nun
(1993)
Sheehan, Helena
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This is an analysis of various religious, philosophical and political movements within the context of an experiential narration. It deals with catholicism and the cold war in the 1950s, the new left of the 1960s, marxism from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Versions of this were published in the book Marxism and Spirituality: An International Anthology (Westport & London 1993) and in the journal Socialism in the World (Belgrade 1989). This text was originally written for a conference in Yugoslavia on Socialism and the Spirit of the Age in 1988. It was a first run at a work-in-progress called Navigating the Zeitgeist.
http://doras.dcu.ie/14818/
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Religion and Irish cinema in studies
(2008)
Brereton, Pat
Religion and Irish cinema in studies
(2008)
Brereton, Pat
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In classics like The Quiet Man and Ryan’s Daughter representations of the clergy and religion in Irish cinema has to some extent reflected perceptions of the church in the wider Irish society. These representations were certainly favourable, validating the great reverence in which the people then held their church. An apparent anti-Catholic agenda was given voice more recently, which was precipitated by the numerous church scandals of the 1990s. However, it still took a long time for representations of institutional violence by the clergy to be documented as exemplified recently in The Magdalene Sisters (2002) and Song for a Raggy Boy (2003). This paper will concentrate on close narrative readings of these films to illustrate how cinematic representations of Catholic authority figures involved in such abuse can be read as endorsing an anti-clerical and broadly secular humanist discourse. I suggest however, that these provocative texts nonetheless remain foregrounded within religious...
http://doras.dcu.ie/4499/
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Review: Religion and the human prospect by Alexander Saxton
(2009)
Sheehan, Helena
Review: Religion and the human prospect by Alexander Saxton
(2009)
Sheehan, Helena
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This is a review of a book on the origins of religion by Alexander Saxton for Science & Society. Religion and the Human Prospect by Alexander Saxton New York: Monthly Review Press, 2006, pp 240
http://doras.dcu.ie/4564/
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