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Videos by Salvador Ryan

This paper on Domestic Devotion was delivered at the World Meet of Families Symposium, RDS Dublin... more This paper on Domestic Devotion was delivered at the World Meet of Families Symposium, RDS Dublin, on Wednesday 22 August 2018

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Since March 2020 we have all been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While there has been endless... more Since March 2020 we have all been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While there has been endless media coverage of the medical and economic implications of the pandemic, religious issues have seldom been to the fore. Where is God in this pandemic? Can we draw meaning out of the long months of suffering? What can church communities do to survive and even prosper in times of restriction? Finally, what will be the lasting effects on church life?

On 21 January 2021, theologians and philosophers from St Patrick’s College Maynooth, Co. Kildare offered their thought-provoking perspectives on these issues.

This paper asks whether the year 2020 will represent the 'final rupture' in the history of Irish Catholicism.

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Books by Salvador Ryan

Select list of published work - edited volumes, journal articles and book chapters (from 2002 to ... more Select list of published work - edited volumes, journal articles and book chapters (from 2002 to 2024), in addition to an abridged list of book reviews (2019-2024) and articles in newspapers and magazines (2019-2023).

Material Cultures of Devotion in the Age of Reformations Series: Art & Religion, 10 editors: Ryan S., Smith S.L., Skinnebach L.K. (Leuven: Peeters), 2022

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Northern Europe were characterized by enormous religio... more The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Northern Europe were characterized by enormous religious change. During this period new religious ideas and ideals gradually took shape and materialized in all aspect of religious life, both on a private level as well as in public and liturgical space. The fundamental question of how God could be experienced as present in the world, became – again – the center of lively debate. Lutheran, Calvinist, Roman Catholic and Anglican reformations – to mention just a selection of the different ideological movements in play during this period – challenged interpretations of the Bible, the sacraments, the communication of religious truth, the practice of devotion and the material expressions of faith. When looking at the European reformations from a transnational perspective, they stand forth as a bundle of fundamentally interwoven religious movements attempting to define their specific religious identity in terms of dissimilarity. Material Cultures of Devotion in the Age of Reformations explores how the visual and material cultures of Christian devotion were adapted, developed, transformed, and, in some cases, disappeared altogether, in the age of reformations, c. 1500-1650 in Northern Europe.

Christmas and the Irish: a Miscellany, 2023

Following the success of the three-volume series, Birth, Marriage and Death and the Irish (2016-2... more Following the success of the three-volume series, Birth, Marriage and Death and the Irish (2016-2021), this collection examines the celebration of Christmas among the Irish, from the seventh century to the present day. In 75 articles, ranging from the serious to the light-hearted, writers from a range of academic disciplines and professions – Anthropology, Celtic Studies, Education, Folklore, Healthcare, History, Journalism, Literature, Media, and Broadcasting, Pastoral Ministry, Philosophy and Theology – reflect on what Christmas has meant to Irish people through the ages, whether living at home or abroad.

Topics covered in this volume include: the theme of light in early Irish texts; festive feasting and fighting in the Middle Ages; the Kilmore carols of County Wexford; the history of Irish Christmas food through the centuries; crimes of Christmas past; Christmas on the Blasket Islands; the claim that ‘Santa’s Grave’ is in County Kilkenny; why Irish missionaries in Zimbabwe regularly missed out on their Christmas dinner; the origins and early life of the Late Late Toy Show; a Christmas surprise among Irish peacekeepers in the Lebanon; Christmas customs among the Travelling Community; Christmas and the Irish Jewish community; the Wren Boys; ‘Women’s Christmas’; Irish links to popular Christmas carols; Christmas and James Joyce; the curious custom of reciting 4,000 Hail Marys in the lead up to Christmas, and why it became an established tradition for the Viceroy to send a woodcock to the British monarch every Christmas.

This anthology will prove a fascinating read for all who are interested in the social, cultural, and religious history of Ireland, but, more importantly, will delight all who love Christmas itself

The Historian as Detective: Uncovering Irish Pasts, 2021

‘“How many Gods are there?”: Catechetical Ignorance and its Celebration in Irish Folklore’, in Te... more ‘“How many Gods are there?”: Catechetical Ignorance and its Celebration in Irish Folklore’, in Terence A. Dooley, Mary Ann Lyons and Salvador Ryan (eds), The Historian as Detective: Uncovering Irish Pasts. Essays in honour of Raymond Gillespie (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2021)

Some are calling the synod on synodality “the greatest consultation effort in human history” and ... more Some are calling the synod on synodality “the greatest consultation effort in human history” and for good reason. It is no small task to listen to the world’s 1.36 billion Catholics, especially when many Catholics have felt marginalized or unwelcome. Taking a cue from this ongoing synodal process, the experts gathered for Reforming the Church: Global Perspectives place the broader issues relating to church reform in their historical context, while exploring themes that have ongoing relevance to the universal church. Topics include ecclesial transfiguration and the episcopacy, clerical sex abuse, globalization of the church, and the theology of synodality. A number of chapters address issues of more local, or culturally-specific, significance, in this way mirroring the results of synodal consultations conducted worldwide.

What emerges is a reflection on the theme of reform within the church: what it has meant in the past, what it means for us now, and what it might mean in the future.

Contributors include:

Christopher M. Bellitto
Shaun Blanchard
Agnès Desmazières
Massimo Faggioli
Francis Gonsalves, SJ
Julia Knop
Bishop Vincent Long, OFMConv
Rafael Luciani
Declan Marmion
Ethna Regan
Pedro Trigo, SJ

Christmas and the Irish: a Miscellany, 2023

COMING OCTOBER 2023 Following the success of the three-volume series, Birth, Marriage and Death ... more COMING OCTOBER 2023

Following the success of the three-volume series, Birth, Marriage and Death and the Irish (2016-2021), this collection examines the celebration of Christmas among the Irish, from the seventh century to the present day. In 75 articles, ranging from the serious to the light-hearted, writers from a range of academic disciplines and professions – Anthropology, Celtic Studies, Education, Folklore, Healthcare, History, Journalism, Literature, Media, and Broadcasting, Pastoral Ministry, Philosophy and Theology – reflect on what Christmas has meant to Irish people through the ages, whether living at home or abroad.

This anthology will prove a fascinating read for all who are interested in the social, cultural, and religious history of Ireland, but, more importantly, will delight all who love Christmas itself

Reforming the Church: Global Perspectives

Some are calling the Synod on Synodality “the greatest consultation effort in human history” and ... more Some are calling the Synod on Synodality “the greatest consultation effort in human history” and for good reason. It is no small task to listen to the world’s 1.36 billion Catholics, especially when many Catholics have felt marginalized or unwelcome. Taking a cue from this ongoing synodal process, the experts gathered for Reforming the Church: Global Perspectives place the broader issues relating to church reform in their historical context, while exploring themes that have ongoing relevance to the universal church. Topics include ecclesial transfiguration and the episcopacy, clerical sex abuse, globalization of the church, and the theology of synodality. A number of chapters address issues of more local, or culturally-specific, significance, in this way mirroring the results of synodal consultations conducted worldwide.

What emerges is a reflection on the theme of reform within the Church: what it has meant in the past, what it means for us now; and what it might mean in the future.

The Historian as Detective: Uncovering Irish Pasts. Essays in honour of Raymond Gillespie, 2021

This collection of short essays presents the fruits of painstaking investigations conducted by ov... more This collection of short essays presents the fruits of painstaking investigations conducted by over eighty scholars of history, early Irish, nua-Ghaeilge, archaeology, osteoarchaeology, forensic anthropology, geography and classical studies who have delved into Ireland’s past and pieced together fragments of evidence to uncover the fascinating truth behind an array of curious tales about intriguing characters, events and vestiges of by-gone days. Beginning with the missing martyrs in fourth- and fifth-century Ireland and ending with an overview of how TCD’s exciting ‘Beyond 2022: Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury’ project is engaged in reassembling the archival collection destroyed in the attack on the Four Courts (1922), this volume features an eclectic set of stories about misfits, mayhem and murder in medieval Irish monasteries; the theft of records from Trim Castle in the 1490s; the reputation of Hugh O’Neill, second Earl of Tyrone; the collapse of the earl of Sussex in the 1560s; the mystery surrounding the death of Archbishop Richard Creagh; Irish Franciscan chicanery at a Roman funeral in 1626; shape-changing at dawn on a May Day in Clare; cannibalism at Knocknamase Castle during the 1641 rebellion; Baptist enchantment and spectral detectives in Cromwellian Ireland; five Baptist Loobys in Cork and Antigua; the Irish smuggling trade in the eighteenth century; the murder of Anne Eustace: an early eighteenth century cause célèbre; the mystery of the Irish bard; Georgian deceptions – the curious case of the conjuror, the boxer and the giant; a possible hermit of Muckross; Theobald Wolfe Tone’s burial at Bodenstown; searching for Ireland’s workhouse Famine emigrants in Canada; a murder in Madrid in 1889; the burning of Moydrum Castle, County Westmeath during the Irish War of Independence; catechetical ignorance and its celebration in Irish folklore; the ghost of Laheen House, County Leitrim; the mystery of a six-foot woman excavated at Drogheda in the early 1990s, and many more.

The chronological span and multidisciplinary nature of the contributions in this volume attest to the breadth of Raymond Gillespie’s curiosity, interests, expertise and influence, which have always transcended conventional boundaries.

Terence Dooley is Professor of History (Maynooth University), Mary Ann Lyons is Professor of History (Maynooth University) and Salvador Ryan is Professor of Ecclesiastical History (Pontifical University, St Patrick’s College Maynooth).

https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/new-year-folder/the-historian-as-detective/

We Remember Maynooth: a College across Four Centuries, 2020

This year Maynooth College celebrates its 225th anniversary and a beautifully-presented volume ca... more This year Maynooth College celebrates its 225th anniversary and a beautifully-presented volume captures a multi-dimensional perspective of an institution that has held a singular place in modern Irish Church history. We Remember Maynooth: A College Across Four Centuries, edited by Salvador Ryan and John-Paul Sheridan is a collection of essays that paints a rounded picture of a unique college, through whose hallowed halls have passed both kings and popes.

From modest beginnings in 1795 as a small seminary of thirty students and ten professors, Maynooth expanded rapidly, becoming a Pontifical University, a constituent college of the National University of Ireland and, at one time, the largest seminary in world. It has educated many thousands of students and led the way in many branches of the arts and sciences. And for its alumni it is also a tapestry of rich memories.

Lest these memories dwindle in the collective consciousness, the authors have complied a selection of pen pictures, personal reminiscences and sketches on aspects of the college's life and history. Contributions range from across the spectrum of religious, artistic, political, and academic endeavour, with essays by Archbishop Eamon Martin, Mary O'Rourke, Frank McGuinness, Susan McKenna-Lawlor and Liam Lawton, among many others.

This splendid book is part history, part folk-history, part aide-mémoire. For some, it will be an introduction to this historic centre of learning, for others it will be an evocation of memories, reminiscences and encounters, some that describe actual events and others that delve between the lines of history offering portraits of characters that passed through the college and the people that journeyed with them.

Salvador Ryan is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and has published widely on popular religious culture from the Middle ages to the twentieth century. John-Paul Sheridan is a priest of the Diocese of Ferns. He joined the staff at St Patrick's College Maynooth as Education Programmes Coordinator and currently lectures in Religious Educations and Catechesis, Liturgy and Children and Systematic Theology.

We Remember Maynooth: A College Across Four Centuries, edited by Salvador Ryan and JP Sheridan is published in Ireland and the UK by Messenger Publications. Priced at €50/£40

For more information see: www.messenger.ie/product/we-remember-maynooth-a-college-across-four-centuries/

https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/40863

We Remember Maynooth: a College across Four Centuries, 2020

As Maynooth College celebrates its 225th anniversary, this beautifully-presented volume captures ... more As Maynooth College celebrates its 225th anniversary, this beautifully-presented volume captures an institution that has held a singular place in modern Irish church history. Delve into the stories, the reminiscences, the history of this alma mater to thousands, as it evolved and re-imagined itself across the four centuries spanning its existence. With contributions by current and former faculty and alumni, including Enda McDonagh, Eamon Martin, Mary O'Rourke, Susan McKenna-Lawlor, Frank McGuinness, Evelyn Conlon, Liam Lawton, Gerard Gillen, and many more.

Following on the success of Death and the Irish: a Miscellany (2016) and Marriage and the Irish: ... more Following on the success of Death and the Irish: a Miscellany (2016) and Marriage and the Irish: a Miscellany (2019) by Wordwell Press, I would like to invite contributions to the third volume in the series Birth, Marriage and Death among the Irish. The volume will be entitled Birth and the Irish: a Miscellany.

1. Contributors may write about any aspect of the history of pregnancy, birth, and the early stages after birth, among the Irish (at home or abroad) from the earliest centuries to the present day.

2. The volume will be truly interdisciplinary, including submissions from the fields of history, geography, folklore, anthropology, theology, sociology, obstetrics, midwifery, literature, gender studies, etc.

3. Contributions should be in the region of 1,200 to 1,300 words.

4. They should be typed in Word, in Times New Roman font, at 1.5 spacing.

5. They should be aimed at a general, but also informed reader.

6. Contributions will not feature footnotes. Instead, the main sources for the piece can be mentioned in a brief "Further Reading" section at the end of the article, and this should include 3-5 bibliographic / archival references max.

7. Proposals of topics may be sent to salvador.ryan@spcm.ie by Friday 25 October 2019.

8. Deadline for submissions of completed contributions to salvador.ryan@spcm.ie is Thursday 5 December 2019.

9. The format will follow that already used in previous volumes. Further information on the first two volumes can be found through the links below:

https://wordwellbooks.com/Death

https://wordwellbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1887

10. This volume, like previous volumes, will be illustrated, and so high-res images (no less than 300dpi), with relevant copyright and reproduction rights already cleared, are very welcome.

Marriage and the Irish, 2019

Following the success of Death and the Irish: a Miscellany (2016), this second volume in the seri... more Following the success of Death and the Irish: a Miscellany (2016), this second volume in the series “Birth, Marriage and Death among the Irish” explores the institution of marriage in Ireland from the seventh century to the present day.

In eighty articles written by seventy-five contributors, scholars from a range of academic disciplines, including History, Art History, Celtic Studies, English Literature, Theology, Sociology, Archival Studies, and Folklore, along with practitioners working in both religious and humanist ministries, reflect on Irish marriages over the centuries, both at home and among the Irish diaspora.

Topics covered include:
Early Irish law concerning marriage; secrets of the medieval Irish bed; why romantic trysts in churches had become so common in the later Middle Ages; 16th century Irish court cases concerning impotence, drunkenness, and dowries; domestic violence in early modern Ireland; the ‘oldest bishop in Christendom’ and his eighteen-year-old wife; a case of bigamy among the Irish in 17th century Portugal; clandestine marriages; mixed marriages; a runaway romance in mid-nineteenth-century Sydney; the 19th century honeymoon; murder at a wedding in Knocknamuckly in 1888; the tale of the aristocrat and the actress; marriages during the First World War; marriage and the introduction of the children’s allowance; marriage divination; marriage in Irish folklore; weddings among Dublin’s 20th century Jewish community; desertion and divorce ‘Irish-style’; marriage among Presbyterian and Methodist communities in Ireland; weddings and the Travelling community; finding one’s future spouse in the Farmer’s Journal; the Woman’s Way guide to successful marriages in 1960s’ Ireland; humanist weddings; the introduction of marriage equality; and much more.

This anthology will serve as an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the social, cultural, religious and legal history of Ireland and will ensure that you will never think of Irish marriage in the same way again.

Marriage and the Irish: a Miscellany, 2019

BOOK LAUNCH INVITATION Four Courts Press cordially invites you to the launch of The Cultural ... more BOOK LAUNCH INVITATION

Four Courts Press
cordially invites you to the launch of

The Cultural Reception of the Bible:
Explorations in theology, literature and the arts
Essays in honour of Brendan McConvery, CSsR

Salvador Ryan & Liam M. Tracey, OSM, editors

at 8.00 p.m. on Wednesday 5 December 2018
in Pugin Hall, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

The book will be launched by Aidan Mathews, RTÉ,
& Rev. Dr Ken Newell, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

RSVP (acceptance only) Four Courts Press | info@fourcourtspress.ie
If you are unable to attend the launch but would still like to purchase a copy
of this book, please contact Four Courts Press directly at 01 453 4668.

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To learn more about this book, visit the Four Courts Press website at
http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2018/the-cultural-reception-of-the-bible/

Dear Colleagues, This Special Issue of Religions will focus on lived religion and devotional pra... more Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Religions will focus on lived religion and devotional practices as found in the domestic settings of medieval and early modern Europe. More particularly, it will investigate to what degree the experience of personal or familial religious practice in the domestic realm and the more public expression of faith in liturgical or communal settings intersected.

In choosing this theme, this Special Issue wishes to build on the significant research that has been undertaken in recent years on domestic devotion in the early modern period, most notably the volumes produced by the ERC-funded interdisciplinary project Domestic Devotions: The Place of Piety in the Italian Renaissance Home, but also in other studies such as Jessica Martin and Alec Ryrie (eds), Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Britain (Farnham: Ashgate, 2012) and Domestic Devotions in Early Modern Italy, ed. Maya Corry, Marco Faini and Alessia Meneghin (Leiden: Brill, 2018). More broadly, in 2014 the Ecclesiastical History Society chose for its 50th volume of Studies in Church History the theme Religion and the Household, which contains, among others, at least twelve contributions on the early modern period.

The specific topic of medieval domestic devotion has been slower to generate significant treatments such as those mentioned above, although there have been fine edited collections such as Defining the Holy: Sacred Space in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, ed. Andrew Spicer and Sarah Hamilton (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005), which contain a number of medieval essays, and helpful article contributions by Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane (‘”Medieval Domestic Devotion”, History Compass 11:1 (2013)) and others. This issue aims to respond, in part, to the final section of this article, which sets out some directions for future research. Therefore, it especially welcomes contributors who may wish to consider the relationship between domestic religious practice across medieval Christianity, Judaism and Islam, or to focus in particular on any one of the three faiths. Elisheva Baumgarten’s Practicing Piety in Medieval Ashkenaz (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014) and Megan H. Reid’s Law and Piety in Medieval Islam (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013) serve as excellent exemplars of this kind of study. While certainly welcoming contributions on early modern domestic devotion, it is nevertheless hoped that a significant number of the essays gathered in this collection will shed much-needed light on this topic within the broad field of medieval studies.

This Special Issue also wishes to broaden the geographical range of enquiry: thus, while we welcome contributors writing on Western Europe, articles which examine aspects of domestic devotion in Central and Eastern Europe are particularly encouraged to submit proposals.

Topics which might be covered include: books of hours and their use; the domestication of devotion to public images through the production of printed replicas for households; the construction of sacred space in the home; the use of candles, icons, relics, prayer mats, altars, pilgrimage badges, agnus deis, holy water; the communal reading of religious or devotional texts; the practice of fasting; the recitation of prophylactic prayers and the gestures associated with them; the portrayal of domestic devotion in saints’ lives; didactic tracts and their instructions regarding the practice of faith in the home; the adoption of liturgical elements into domestic religious practice, etc.

Prof. Dr. Salvador Ryan
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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Keywords
Late medieval Christianity
Lived religion
Domestic devotion
Materiality
Icons
Relics
Religious art
Household
Liturgy
Hagiography
Books of hours
Devotional reading
History of the emotions
Published Papers
This special issue is now open for submission.

This Special Issue of the international peer-reviewed open-access journal *Religions* will focus ... more This Special Issue of the international peer-reviewed open-access journal *Religions* will focus on lived religion and devotional practices as found in the domestic settings of medieval Europe from c.1000 to c.1550. More particularly, it will investigate to what degree the experience of personal or familial religious practice in the domestic realm and the more public expression of faith in liturgical or communal settings intersected.

For further information on how to submit a proposal, paste the following link into your browser:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/devotion

Review by Kim Woods of Henning Laugerud, Salvador Ryan and Laura Katrine Skinnebach (eds), The Ma... more Review by Kim Woods of Henning Laugerud, Salvador Ryan and Laura Katrine Skinnebach (eds), The Materiality of Devotion in Late Medieval Northern Europe, in Material Religion 14:2 (2018), 271-2.

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On 21 January 2021, theologians and philosophers from St Patrick’s College Maynooth, Co. Kildare offered their thought-provoking perspectives on these issues.

This paper asks whether the year 2020 will represent the 'final rupture' in the history of Irish Catholicism.

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Material Cultures of Devotion in the Age of Reformations Series: Art & Religion, 10 editors: Ryan S., Smith S.L., Skinnebach L.K. (Leuven: Peeters), 2022

Christmas and the Irish: a Miscellany, 2023

This anthology will prove a fascinating read for all who are interested in the social, cultural, and religious history of Ireland, but, more importantly, will delight all who love Christmas itself

The Historian as Detective: Uncovering Irish Pasts, 2021

What emerges is a reflection on the theme of reform within the church: what it has meant in the past, what it means for us now, and what it might mean in the future.

Contributors include:

Christopher M. Bellitto
Shaun Blanchard
Agnès Desmazières
Massimo Faggioli
Francis Gonsalves, SJ
Julia Knop
Bishop Vincent Long, OFMConv
Rafael Luciani
Declan Marmion
Ethna Regan
Pedro Trigo, SJ

Christmas and the Irish: a Miscellany, 2023

COMING OCTOBER 2023 Following the success of the three-volume series, Birth, Marriage and Death ... more COMING OCTOBER 2023

This anthology will prove a fascinating read for all who are interested in the social, cultural, and religious history of Ireland, but, more importantly, will delight all who love Christmas itself

Reforming the Church: Global Perspectives

What emerges is a reflection on the theme of reform within the Church: what it has meant in the past, what it means for us now; and what it might mean in the future.

The Historian as Detective: Uncovering Irish Pasts. Essays in honour of Raymond Gillespie, 2021

https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/new-year-folder/the-historian-as-detective/

We Remember Maynooth: a College across Four Centuries, 2020

We Remember Maynooth: A College Across Four Centuries, edited by Salvador Ryan and JP Sheridan is published in Ireland and the UK by Messenger Publications. Priced at €50/£40

For more information see: www.messenger.ie/product/we-remember-maynooth-a-college-across-four-centuries/

https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/40863

We Remember Maynooth: a College across Four Centuries, 2020

1. Contributors may write about any aspect of the history of pregnancy, birth, and the early stages after birth, among the Irish (at home or abroad) from the earliest centuries to the present day.

3. Contributions should be in the region of 1,200 to 1,300 words.

4. They should be typed in Word, in Times New Roman font, at 1.5 spacing.

5. They should be aimed at a general, but also informed reader.

7. Proposals of topics may be sent to salvador.ryan@spcm.ie by Friday 25 October 2019.

8. Deadline for submissions of completed contributions to salvador.ryan@spcm.ie is Thursday 5 December 2019.

9. The format will follow that already used in previous volumes. Further information on the first two volumes can be found through the links below:

https://wordwellbooks.com/Death

https://wordwellbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1887

10. This volume, like previous volumes, will be illustrated, and so high-res images (no less than 300dpi), with relevant copyright and reproduction rights already cleared, are very welcome.

Marriage and the Irish, 2019

Marriage and the Irish: a Miscellany, 2019

BOOK LAUNCH INVITATION Four Courts Press cordially invites you to the launch of The Cultural ... more BOOK LAUNCH INVITATION

Four Courts Press
cordially invites you to the launch of

The Cultural Reception of the Bible:
Explorations in theology, literature and the arts
Essays in honour of Brendan McConvery, CSsR

Salvador Ryan & Liam M. Tracey, OSM, editors

at 8.00 p.m. on Wednesday 5 December 2018
in Pugin Hall, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

The book will be launched by Aidan Mathews, RTÉ,
& Rev. Dr Ken Newell, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

*************************

To learn more about this book, visit the Four Courts Press website at
http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2018/the-cultural-reception-of-the-bible/

Dear Colleagues, This Special Issue of Religions will focus on lived religion and devotional pra... more Dear Colleagues,

Prof. Dr. Salvador Ryan
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

For further information on how to submit a proposal, paste the following link into your browser:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/devotion

Art and architectural historians have recently turned their attention to exploring how the subjec... more Art and architectural historians have recently turned their attention to exploring how the subjects of their scholarship were received and used by their audiences. A chief concern within this direction is how human sensory perception was engaged, to which this volume belongs. The Materiality of Devotion is a welcome collection that focuses on the climate of devotion at a time when late-medieval discourse was broadening to include the visionary experience of women, their experience in lay society and as anchorites, and male interest in new modes of affective piety, even new religious orders such as the Brethren of the Common Life. From this perspective, high and low are treated on an equal footing. We see Aristotelian reference to the senses as the means by which ideas are transmitted to the soul: material externals affect immaterial convictions. Multidisciplinary, the volume includes perspectives from philosophy, art criticism, psychology, and history. It is also remarkably comprehensive in its scholarship. It is rare to find such a wealth of reading in English, French, Dutch/Belgian, and German authors dealing with contemporary theory and contextual research with equal enthusiasm. Justifiably, Caroline Walker Bynum's Fragmentation and Redemption (Zone and MIT Press, 1995) and The Resurrection of the Body in Western Christendom (Columbia University Press, 1995) are cited as precedents. The illustrations are well selected and of excellent quality; and the decisions on the color plates support the thrust of the arguments. Throughout the volume, the authors emphasize the polysemous aspect of vision, images, and memory, specifically addressed in the essay by Henning Laugerud. Perhaps it is the experience of the art historian/critic into the nature of viewing that enables the discipline to empathize so intensely with the act of devotion before the image as well as the physical relationship of the devotee's ceremonial/ritual action to the construction of meaning. Vision is seen as a process, not an occurrence. This volume contains a range of approaches. Rob Faesan contributes a focused analysis of two critical passages of the Eucharistic Vision of Hadewijch, living in the duchy of Brabant, who was one of the first to write mystical texts in the vernacular, here Middle Dutch. Barbara Baert's " The Annunciation and the Senses: Late Medieval Devotion and the Pictorial Gaze " is a taut analysis of paintings of the Annunciation focusing on the senses. More attention might have been given to the space between Gabriel and Mary as an element of the narrative BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES 505

Delighted to announce that a two-year part-time Masters in Theology (History of Christianity) pro... more Delighted to announce that a two-year part-time Masters in Theology (History of Christianity) programme will be offered again this year (one evening per week) at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, beginning in September 2018.

Applications are now welcome. See brochure attached for further details.

Oxford University Press eBooks, Sep 30, 2023

Irish Theological Quarterly, Jan 20, 2022

conclusion that could synthesize its larger argument and point readers to new directions for stud... more conclusion that could synthesize its larger argument and point readers to new directions for study. This is a shame because there really are many good lines to follow that readers must tease out for themselves. Second, while I appreciate that one cannot cover all aspects of a topic one might like to, when Thomas frames ‘reinvention’ as something poetical, it is the more surprising that he habitually reads Piers Plowman as if it were a treatise. I hear echoes of the late, great Derek Pearsall saying, ‘you wouldn’t know it was a poem.’ You wouldn’t know it was an allegory much, either, because Thomas treats characters as seemingly interchangeable participants in penitential acts; with the partial exception of Mede, he tends not to consider how the poem enacts or explores the central nature of abstractions or faculties that people it. He doesn’t often look at how this passage relates to that one, either, which is so central to the poem’s amazing poetics. Passages and persons seem pinned to the page like specimens rather than being shown to be fluid in their shifting natures, which is more characteristic of the poem. In noting that Contricion can no longer cry, for instance, Thomas treats Contricion like any penitent not performing to script (p. 60). But genuine tears exemplify the essence of contrition; in an allegory the loss of self means a change into something else, or stupefaction of the sort Contricion becomes lost in. Contricion’s inability to cry prompts us to ponder what contrition is, not just what Contricion does. Thinking more systematically about poetics and allegory might help Thomas to come to stronger conclusions about what the poem is doing, too. Finally, again with the greatest respect for the serious learning the book displays, whole areas of Piers Plowman scholarship that would have been useful to Thomas remain untapped, and many scholars whose arguments could have made a difference— particularly with regard to poetics, allegory, figuration, metaphor, and the Charters of Christ—are not engaged. The good news is that while work may remain undone, Thomas has nevertheless achieved much as well. A product of time-intensive preparation, Thomas’s book offers an innovative model for framing arguments about law and literature, and leaves much to ponder.

New Blackfriars, Feb 24, 2022

Four Courts Press eBooks, 2013

Catholic Historical Review, 2011

Four Courts Press eBooks, 2006

Brepols Publishers eBooks, 2007

The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Sep 19, 2011

Irish Historical Studies, May 1, 2006

The Book of the O’Conor Don (BOCD), housed at the O’Conor-Nash family home of Clonalis, County Ro... more The Book of the O’Conor Don (BOCD), housed at the O’Conor-Nash family home of Clonalis, County Roscommon, is without doubt one of the most important extant collections of Irish bardic poetry, comprising some 340 poems, which represent about 17 per cent of the surviving corpus of bardic poetry from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries.1 Its significance is heightened when one considers that over 20 per cent of the 84 religious poems are exclusive to this collection, occurring in no other manuscript discovered to date.2 This compendium was compiled at Ostend between January and September 1631 and was written in the main by Aodh O Dochartaigh (although the work of at least two other hands has been identified in the manuscript) for Captain Somhairle Mac Domhnaill (Sorley MacDonnell, c.1592–1632?), son of Sir James of Dunluce, County Antrim.3 Mac Domhnaill had had a rather varied career up to this point; having been dispossessed of family lands in Ulster, Mac Domhnaill plotted a rebellion in Ulster in 1615 and participated in the rebellion of his cousin, Sir James McDonnell of Knockrinsay on Islay. When this failed, he became a privateer, operating out of Rathlin Island in early 1616.4 By late 1616 he was being actively pursued by the planter, Sir Thomas Phillips, whose ship he had previously seized, and, after some time on the run, he ended up joining the tercio or military unit of his cousin John O’Neill (Sean O Neill) in Flanders, which three years earlier had been acknowledged as ‘the very best in the king of Spain’s service’ by King James I’s ambassador to the Lowlands, William Trumbull.5

Catholic Historical Review, 2005

Irish Theological Quarterly, Jul 21, 2023

The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2018

Irish Theological Quarterly, Oct 10, 2017

Irish Theological Quarterly, Sep 20, 2016

Irish Economic and Social History, Jun 1, 2003

![Research paper thumbnail of The most contentious of terms': Towards a New Understanding of Late Medieval `Popular Religion](https://a.academia-assets.com/images/blank-paper.jpg)

Irish Theological Quarterly, Sep 1, 2003

What constitutes 'popular religion'? This study seeks to show that, at least with regard ... more What constitutes 'popular religion'? This study seeks to show that, at least with regard to the laity in late medieval Gaelic Ireland, not only does what could be regarded as superstition often have its roots in orthodox Christianity (not paganism), but, more generally, the supposed dividing line between the official 'orthodox' élite and the 'superstitious' rest is untenable.

The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Apr 1, 2021

seen in Andrae’s Acta colloquii Monte Beligardensis (Tübingen ): ‘In this expression, “This m... more seen in Andrae’s Acta colloquii Monte Beligardensis (Tübingen ): ‘In this expression, “This man is God”, the term “man” means a true man . . . which consists of a body and a rational soul, namely, Jesus the Son of Mary of the seed of David; and the second term “God” means the true and eternal, essential Son of God . . . ; and the third, the word “is”, retains its own proper meaning, by which something that is expressed is said actually to be and exist’ (p. ). Thus for Beza and Andrae then in , and perhaps equally importantly, for Cross and contemporary readers, this statement outlines the terms of division then and now. The ‘concluding remarks’ help recapitulate the themes that Cross sought to investigate. He astutely notes that Lutherans were ‘caught between the Scylla of not wanting to distinguish the activities from the essence, and the Charybdis of not wanting to treat the activities as mere extrinsic denominations. Whether or not Lutheran Christology of the majestic kind has anything to add to these opposing medieval accounts thus remains to me a matter for doubt’ (p. ). Yet what is not at all a matter of doubt is that readers are indebted to Cross’s painstaking reading, reflection and research, the result of which illuminates the pathway – oft-mysterious and labyrinthine – toward an augmented understanding of the ontology and theology of the hypostatic union embodied in the eucharist. Cross has shown convincingly that these putatively esoteric and arcane theological debates of the sixteenth-century still have deep resonance in the way the identity and economy of Christ, particularly through the eucharist, is comprehended and participated.

Irish Theological Quarterly Lecture Maynooth Equal Dignity & Agency: Catholic Social Teaching &... more Irish Theological Quarterly Lecture Maynooth

Equal Dignity & Agency: Catholic Social Teaching & the Lives of Women

Meghan J. Clark
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
St John’s University
Queens, NY

Monday 14 October 2024
Renehan Hall, Maynooth College,
at 7:30pm

Abstract:
The place of women in Catholic social teaching is complicated. The tradition seems to treat women more as objects of special concern than “dignified agents.” Practically, however, women are powerful agents of development within their communities. This lecture will reflect upon Catholic social teaching in light of local listening to the experiences of women working on development. This lecture will propose an ethic of local listening and Fratelli Tutti’s turn to the Parable of the Good Samaritan as providing a path for Catholic social teaching to more fully practice what it preaches.

Religions (special issue) , 2021

This Special Issue will examine the worlds of material religion, popular belief, and Catholic dev... more This Special Issue will examine the worlds of material religion, popular belief, and Catholic devotional practice in the period immediately before and shortly after the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), a period of incredible flux for the faith lives of individuals and communities.

It calls for contributions from those who wish to examine the dynamics of religious change in the realm of devotional and liturgical practice as experienced by the Catholic laity over these fifty years. The emphasis will not be on ecclesiastical documents, conciliar decrees, or theological treatises in and of themselves, but in the practical outworking of their ideas and their impact on the lives of ordinary believers in what scholars now call “lived religion”.

welcomes contributions on Catholic religious practices, lived religion, and the material culture of devotion during the years 1948–1998, with special emphasis on how the Second Vatican Council and its local interpretation and implementation “on the ground” shaped the devotional lives of ordinary believers. The scope of this Special Issue is global. While it certainly welcomes contributions from English-speaking countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland, etc. (all of which have much work still to be done), it especially welcomes articles from regions less well represented in the literature (such as Central and Eastern Europe). It also welcomes contributors who will take the opportunity to gather together and share the insights of local studies published in other (often minority) languages and which, thus far, have been inaccessible to many English-speaking readers. Contributions are also very warmly welcome from Asia, South America, and Africa. The aim of the Special Issue is to gain a snapshot of the devotional worlds of individuals and communities who lived through this period of significant change (and, it must be admitted, a much slower pace of change for some regions; but this is also worth noting). Articles are also sought from contributors who may wish to examine the changes to popular Catholicism in the age of Vatican II through the eyes of those of different faiths.

Topics which might be covered include popular religious literature and its content (and how this may have changed over time); letters sent to both Catholic publications and mainstream newspapers about the practicalities of adapting to religious change; the content and use of popular prayer books; holy cards: their iconography and use; oral histories which recall what it was like to have attended Mass in Latin all one’s life and then transfer to liturgy in the vernacular; reactions to the reordering of churches; catechetical practices; a comparative study of popular hymnody during this period; domestic piety in a period of change; the practice of pilgrimage; Eucharistic piety, holy hours and Corpus Christi processions; devotions to the Virgin Mary and the saints and what impact (if any) Vatican II had on these practices; popular religious practices and rituals surrounding the commemoration and burial of the dead; memorial cards and their use; membership of confraternities and their related duties; how the lived reality of post-Vatican II Catholics was viewed by other faiths, both within and without Christianity (and, especially, by members of the Jewish faith); changes in the practice of the sacraments in the fifty-year period between 1948 and 1998; the keeping of the liturgical year and its rituals.

Those who wish to write a contribution for this special should first send an email indicating an expression of interest to me at salvador.ryan@spcm.ie

It would be helpful if you could provide a working title and a short abstract (100 words) of what you hope to write on.

Prof. David Morgan Duke University will deliver this year's Annual Monsignor Patrick J. Corish L... more Prof. David Morgan
Duke University

will deliver this year's Annual Monsignor Patrick J. Corish Lecture

Renehan Hall, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, County Kildare
Wednesday 11 March 2020
7.30pm

Further details from: salvador.ryan@spcm.ie

RSVP: specialevents@spcm.ie

THE ANNUAL MONSIGNOR PATRICK J. CORISH LECTURE 2020 will be delivered by Prof. David Morgan, Duke... more THE ANNUAL MONSIGNOR PATRICK J. CORISH LECTURE 2020
will be delivered by Prof. David Morgan, Duke University, NC, on
11 March 2020 in Renehan Hall, St Patrick's College Maynooth, at 7:30pm.

Topic:
The Visual Culture of Revelation:
Visions, and the Imagery that Make Them Visible

The Scotus Eriugena Research Scholarship is a major scholarship for talented candidates in theol... more The Scotus Eriugena Research Scholarship is a major scholarship for talented candidates in theology and offers a pathway, not only to a PhD in Theology, but positions the successful candidate for an international theological career. The Theology faculty in the Pontifical University—the only English-speaking Pontifical faculty in Western Europe offering programmes across the full range of theological disciplines—with its international teaching body, large postgraduate cohort, unique location, and extensive facilities, offers candidates the opportunity to pursue doctoral studies within a vibrant academic community.

Maynooth’s Faculty of Theology can provide expert research supervision in all major sub-disciplines of theology, which include the following:

- Systematic Theology

- Moral Theology / Theological Ethics

- Ecclesiastical History

- Biblical Studies / Sacred Scripture

Applications are invited from suitable candidates to complete a PhD in one of the above areas, beginning in September 2019. THREE scholarships are offered over a 4-year period and include tuition fees, a research allowance, and on-campus residence plan (accommodation and meals, which may be awarded as a personal stipend in the order of €10,000 per annum).

Since 2003 the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minne... more Since 2003 the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, has been systematically digitizing and cataloguing the manuscripts of Christian communities throughout the Middle East, working with all of the major traditions. Since the project began, wars in Iraq and Syria have uprooted Christians from their ancestral homes and sent many of them into diaspora. In this lecture Fr. Columba Stewart OSB, who leads the effort, will review the genesis of the project, its results, and its potential significance for the study of Christianity in its historic home.

For further information on how to submit a proposal, paste the following link into your browser:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/devotion

Maynooth University Ollscoil Mhá Nuad Department of History Post-Doctoral Researcher - Frank Duff... more Maynooth University
Ollscoil Mhá Nuad
Department of History
Post-Doctoral Researcher - Frank Duff Cause for Canonisation
(12 Month Contract)

The Role
Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent
research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking an excellent postdoctoral researcher with skills in historical research and in the
organisation of the records associated with that research. This is a joint project between the Department
of History, Maynooth University and the Historical Commission for the Cause for the Canonisation of
Frank Duff (1889-1980), Legion of Mary. The project mentor is Dr Jacinta Prunty, head of the
Department of History, Maynooth University.
The person appointed will have a proven record of archival research and of publication, appropriate to
career stage. They will have an overall understanding of the historical context (religious, social,
economic) in which this project on the life of Frank Duff (1889-1980) is situated.

The ideal candidate will have:
 A PhD in a relevant discipline (completed);
 A strong academic record in archival research;
 A record of scholarly work and publication appropriate to career stage and demonstrating
potential to become a significant contributor in their field;
 Ability to work collaboratively with archivists, historians, and members of the Historical
Commission for the Cause for the Canonisation of Frank Duff and with the project mentor;
 Excellent administrative and organisational skills.

Lecturer in Systematic Theology (3-year post) advertised for Faculty of Theology, Pontifical Univ... more Lecturer in Systematic Theology (3-year post) advertised for Faculty of Theology, Pontifical University, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, County Kildare, IRELAND.

Closing Date: 23 February 2018.

Irish Theological Quarterly & Maynooth University Department of Sociology Presents "The Liquid... more Irish Theological Quarterly & Maynooth University Department of Sociology

Presents

"The Liquidation of the Church"

Dr. Kees de Groot
Assistant Professor, School of Catholic Theology
Tilburg University, Netherlands

5pm, Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Renehan Hall, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth

Is religion dying out in Western societies? Is personal spirituality taking its place? Both stories are inadequate. Institutional religion is not simply coming to an end in Western societies. Rather, its assets and properties are redistributed: large parts of the church have gone into liquidation.
The metaphor of liquidation provides an alternative to approaches that merely perceive the decline of religion or a spiritual revolution. Religion is becoming liquid. By examining a number of case studies in the Netherlands and beyond, including World Youth Day, television, spiritual centers, chaplaincy, mental healthcare, museums and theatre, this presentation develops a fresh way to look at religion in late modernity and produces new questions for theological and sociological debate.
Dr. Kees de Groot is the author of academic works on a wide variety of topics including Catholic social teaching, religion in popular culture, and spiritual care. His latest book, which is the subject of this talk, is The Liquidation of the Church (Routledge, 2017). He serves on the editorial board of Religie & Samenleving. He is visiting Maynooth under the ERASMUS+ programme.

For further details, please contact brian.conway@mu.ie, Department of Sociology or salvador.ryan@spcm.ie, Faculty of Theology.

Prof. Amy-Jill Levine Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee "Of Pearls and Prodigals: Under... more Prof. Amy-Jill Levine
Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee

"Of Pearls and Prodigals: Understanding Jesus's Parables in their Jewish Context"

Renehan Hall,
St Patrick's College,
Maynooth,
County Kildare.

Thursday 30 November at 7.30pm.

All Welcome. This event is free of charge, but please register with Eventbrite (see link attached)

Irish Theological Quarterly is an international refereed journal of Theology which is based at th... more Irish Theological Quarterly is an international refereed journal of Theology which is based at the Pontifical University, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It specializes in the publication of academic articles, review articles and reviews in the areas of Systematic, Moral, Sacramental, Liturgical, Ecumenical and Historical Theology, Biblical Studies, Church History and Philosophy of Religion.
http://journals.sagepub.com/home/itq

It now has a dedicated Twitter account which can be found at:
https://twitter.com/ITQjournal

Do feel free to follow the journal and to engage with us by looking out for articles in your own area of interest, perhaps by thinking about submitting an article for consideration, or by suggesting that your own published volumes be reviewed in our journal.

THE ANNUAL MONSIGNOR PATRICK J. CORISH LECTURE 2017 Dying to Live Forever: Identity and Virtue i... more THE ANNUAL MONSIGNOR PATRICK J. CORISH LECTURE 2017

Dying to Live Forever: Identity and Virtue in the
Resurrection of the Bodies of the Martyrs

Professor Candida Moss
Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology
University of Birmingham

Renehan Hall, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, County Kildare
Wednesday 18 October 2017
7.30pm.

RSVP: Prof. Salvador Ryan, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, County Kildare.
Email: salvador.ryan@spcm.ie

The Paul Walsh Memorial Lecture 2017 will be delivered by Prof. Richard Sharpe, University of Oxf... more The Paul Walsh Memorial Lecture 2017 will be delivered by Prof. Richard Sharpe, University of Oxford on Friday 30 June in the Iontas Lecture Theatre, North Campus, Maynooth University. All welcome

The 31st Irish Conference of Medievalists which will be held at Maynooth University, County Kilda... more The 31st Irish Conference of Medievalists which will be held at Maynooth University, County Kildare, from 29 June – 1 July 2017 is pleased to announce that Irish Theological Quarterly, the international peer-reviewed journal of the Faculty of Theology, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, will sponsor a panel at this year’s conference.

The panel is entitled “New Directions in Medieval Religion” and invites proposals for 20-minute papers which broadly fall into this category. Proposals which deal with medieval theology are of course welcome, but by no means should applicants confine themselves to this area. Papers which examine the world of medieval religion more broadly – including areas such as biblical exegesis, liturgy, canon law, religious life, devotional texts, hagiography, pilgrimage, etc. – are also encouraged.

Applicants who wish to be considered for this panel should submit a proposal which includes:

Name
Postal address
Email address
Institutional affiliation
Title of proposal
300-word abstract
Successful applicants will have their travel expenses (economy airfare) to the conference covered and also two nights’ accommodation (bed and breakfast). They will also agree to submit a longer version of their paper (7,000 words) for publication in Irish Theological Quarterly within six months of the conference date[1].

Given the title of the panel, proposals which offer fresh and innovative approaches to their topics are especially welcome.

All proposals for this panel should be forwarded to Salvador.ryan@spcm.ie and will thereafter be considered by the organising committee.

The deadline for receipt of proposals for this panel is: Friday 3rd March.

[1] Although it is our hope that all three papers will be published in ITQ, this is ultimately the decision of the journal’s Editorial Board.

"Ecstasy as polemic: Mysticism and the Catholic Reformation" Prof. Carlos Eire Department of His... more "Ecstasy as polemic: Mysticism and the Catholic Reformation"

Prof. Carlos Eire
Department of History
Yale University

Renehan Hall, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, County Kildare
Tuesday 18 October 2016
7.30pm

RSVP: Prof. Salvador Ryan, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, County Kildare.
salvador.ryan@spcm.ie

Discover 1,500 years of Irish religious history with expert guides from the worlds of archaeology... more Discover 1,500 years of Irish religious history with expert guides from the worlds of archaeology, history, art history, literature, geography, linguistics, Celtic Studies, sociology, anthropology, theology, philosophy, photographic history, folklore, and a number of other disciplines. These three, lavishly illustrated, volumes each contain more than seventy accessible articles written by almost as many contributors. No-one with an interest in Irish Studies / Irish History should be without this box-set in her/his library.

Here's details of a wonderful opportunity for anyone considering a PhD in an aspect of Medieval S... more Here's details of a wonderful opportunity for anyone considering a PhD in an aspect of Medieval Studies: a 4-year PhD position at the University of Bergen, Norway, with a focus on medieval church art.

Domestic Devotion: A History of Visual Piety and Religious Practice in the Family Home This pres... more Domestic Devotion: A History of Visual Piety and Religious Practice in the Family Home

This presentation constitutes an historical examination of devotional practice in the home, with special emphasis on the use of religious imagery and popular prayers.

Religious images not only fostered devotion; they also traditionally served as effective means of catechesis and moral instruction. It was not uncommon for images encountered in childhood to indelibly impress themselves upon people long into their adulthood.

This presentation will explore not only well-known “holy pictures” such as the image of the Sacred Heart, but also the images which were found in well-thumbed prayer-books, those that were engraved on religious medals or other sacramental which were often carried on one’s person, and also those which were cultivated in the mind’s eye through devotional reading.

In turn, it will examine how these images were responded to, both in word and in gesture, and how the devotional practice of the “domestic church” often closely intersected with the more public expression of piety within a liturgical setting.

Tipperary People and Places Lecture Series, November 2020 In the November lecture from the Tipp... more Tipperary People and Places Lecture Series, November 2020

In the November lecture from the Tipperary people and Places Series Professor Salvador Ryan treats us to a wonderful account of Irish customs surrounding death. November is traditionally the month for visiting graveyards and remembering relatives who have passed on. Unfortunately this is a custom which has been very difficult if not impossible for many during the current COVID restrictions.

Professor Candida Moss, Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham, del... more Professor Candida Moss, Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham, delivered the Annual Monsignor Patrick J. Corish Lecture at St Patrick's College, Maynooth on
Wednesday 18 October 2017.

The lecture was entitled:

"Dying to Live Forever: Identity and Virtue in the
Resurrection of the Bodies of the Martyrs"

The lecture can be viewed on the College's YouTube account (see link attached).

Presented at the World Meeting of Families Pastoral Congress, RDS, Dublin, 22 August 2018

Studies in Christian Ethics 37:4, 2024

Lischer is a gifted stylist, who writes beautifully, and there are gems of wisdom and insight to ... more Lischer is a gifted stylist, who writes beautifully, and there are gems of wisdom and insight to be found on every page. This is an extraordinarily rich book, in which we are offered a window on the workings of God amidst the messiness and brokenness of a cast of flawed
individuals, and in which its grittiness is evenly matched by its holiness. It is both deeply human and deeply authentic. For this reason, and for so many others, tolle lege.

Irish Independent, 2024

Review of Philip Freeman, Two Lives of Saint Brigid (2024) Two 7th century accounts of the myste... more Review of Philip Freeman, Two Lives of Saint Brigid (2024)

Two 7th century accounts of the mysterious saint tell how she was nothing if not practical, helping with road schemes, solving paternity cases and dealing with a crisis pregnancy

Irish Independent, 2023

Review of Klaus-Michael Bogdal, Europe and the Roma A History of Fascination and Fear (2023)

Irish Independent, 2024

Review of Jodi Magness, Jerusalem through the Ages From Its Beginnings to the Crusades (2024)

Irish Independent , 2023

Review of Kate Cooper, Queens of a Fallen World The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions (2023)

Irish Independent, 2024

Review of Candida Moss, God's Ghostwriters Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible (2024)

Irish Independent, 2022

Review of Hugh Turpin, Unholy Catholic Ireland Religious Hypocrisy, Secular Morality, and Irish I... more Review of Hugh Turpin, Unholy Catholic Ireland
Religious Hypocrisy, Secular Morality, and Irish Irreligion (2022)