Tag: Irish Times

Madam, yours etc.

February 12, 2010

After seeing this letter in this morning’s Irish Times, I am reminded of this which I have begun reading this morning. The opening line of RW Southern’s book reads: The history of the Western church in the Middle Ages is the history of the most elaborate and thoroughly integrated system of religious thought and practice … More Madam, yours etc.

Inglis’s article

August 24, 2009

There is little doubt that Tom Inglis is not the first person to compare the rise of organised sport with the decline of public religious ceremony. There’s a host of information (sociological and otherwise) available on the increasing popularity of all sports and its now globalised nature. There is also no shortage of information on … More Inglis’s article