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Books (First Chapters)
Culture and the arts
Here you will see books on poetry, novels and drama; analyses of aesthetic theory; studies of the arts and culture in Ireland in both the present and the past; etc.
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In the poorer quarters
Aidan Mathews gives us a series of reflective radio scripts on the Gospel of Mark over twelve months from the RTÉ programme of the same name. He ....
Anchoring the altar: Christianity and the work of art
In this fascinating book, Mark Patrick Hederman OSB argues that, far from being irrelevant in the twenty-first century, Christianity like art needs ....
Tarot: talisman or taboo? reading the world as symbol
This book by the Benedictine Mark Patrick Hederman gives an introduction to the Tarot, a history of its uses and abuses, a practical guide to its ....
Lamplighters: exploring spirituality in new contexts
Spirituality is concerned with the awareness of and response to a perceived invitation to enter into a personal and communal relationship of God ....
No earthly estate: God and Patrick Kavanagh: an anthology
Tom Stack introduces a selection of Kavanagh's poems, highlighting their mystical dimension. He alerts us to how we too, like Kavanagh himself, can ....
The mystical imagination of Patrick Kavanagh
Una Agnew SSL writes an intellectual and spiritual biography of Patrick Kavanagh, a man who, in spite of his general appearance, was a profoundly ....
Theology and modern Irish art
Gesa E. Thiessen explores central issues in the dialogue between theology and art, paying special attention to the spiritual aspects of a number of ....
Small world: Haiku on the way
Dermot O'Brien wrote this book of haikus while staying in a monastery in Wexford. The haikus capture 'moments of awareness' -- moments of grace which ....
The haunted inkwell: art and our future
Mark Patrick Hederman seeks a possible meeting place between philosophy, literary criticism, art and truth. He stresses the prophetic role of the ....
Remember José Inga!
This novel by James O'Halloran, a Salesian priest, is set in South America during the 1970s. It follows the fortunes and the decisions of ordinary ....
 
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