Theology
What did Jesus teach us about Hell?
December 3, 2019
Bill Toner SJ :: Whatever the reality of Hell, the stress of the New Testament is decidedly on the eternal life of joy awaiting us and the infinite mercy of...
Read moreKarl Barth 50 years on
December 10, 2018
KEVIN HARGADEN :: Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Karl Barth (as well as of Thomas Merton), one of the most important Christian voices of the last...
Read moreGetting God right
October 31, 2018
Dr Kevin Hargaden is calling on the government to implement robust laws against the incitement to religious hatred in light of the recent referendum on blasphemy
Read moreDoing theology in dangerous times
June 27, 2018
The Summer issue of Studies leads with a challenging analysis of the political and cultural upheavals which are afflicting the world at present
Read moreThe ironies of Catholic traditionalism
April 18, 2018
DERMOT ROANTREE :: There are some disconcerting ironies in the attitude of Catholic traditionalism, not least that it has come to resemble the very thing it opposes
Read moreThe death penalty and doctrine, Part 2
December 15, 2017
DERMOT ROANTREE :: The Pope's critics think he is illogical. Newman's understanding of development, however, suggests a very different way to look at it.
Read moreThe death penalty and doctrine, Part 1
November 8, 2017
DERMOT ROANTREE :: To understand the accusations of heresy which traditionalists level at the Pope, it's necessary to examine the 'clash of mentalities'
Read moreFollowing love into mystery
February 22, 2017
PAT COYLE: : As my daddy lay dying I learned about the mysterious, earth-bound love of God through the miraculous gift of an ear-drop squirter
Read moreBernard Lonergan
November 23, 2016
Canadian Jesuit Bernard Lonergan was a 20th century philosopher and theologian of immense importance. Specifically he worked within the Thomist tradition, but not in a narrowly neo-scholastic way.
Read moreThe quality of mercy
October 21, 2016
DERMOT ROANTREE :: Pope Francis's efforts to bring a neglected theme – in this case mercy – to bear on the life of the Church is fully in keeping with...
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