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Broken Promises

Whatever Happened to Vatican Council II?

By: Finbarr M. Corr Ed D.,Finbarr M. Corr

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Broken Promises

Whatever Happened to Vatican Council II?

By: Finbarr M. Corr Ed D.,Finbarr M. Corr

“To understand trends in the Roman Catholic Church since Vatican Council II (1962-1965), Finbarr Corr’s new book Broken Promises is required reading. With his skill as an Irish storyteller that was vividly evident in his prior books, Corr, a former priest, constructs an important new window on what he describes as ‘the Church’s third major crisis since Jesus Christ established it on Simon Peter, the Rock.’ Drawing on decades of vital experience as a crusading priest, innovative family therapist, and provocative educator and author, Dr. Corr asks if the Church can survive its failure to follow through on the dictates of Vatican Council II which was initiated by Pope John XXIII to ‘open up the windows of the church and let in some fresh air.’ Dr. Corr provides a fresh look at the fifty years since Vatican II and presents a rich study of the Church’s relationship to the modern world. Broken Promises provides new insights into this challenging topic.” Tom O’Connell, B.A., M.A., S.F.O. Publisher of sanctuary777.com and Author of Power, Politics & Propaganda: Observations of a Curious Contrarian

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207

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Trafford Publishing

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1466918462

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9781466918467

Steeple City

By: John Finbarr Buckley

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Steeple City

By: John Finbarr Buckley

Steeple City is set in Cork City, Ireland and is a humorous story of how selfishness and loneliness can consume a family whose mother dies giving birth. We get to see life through the eyes of the main character Fin, a funny, lying, stealing fourteen-year-old bastard who despises his older gay brother and womanising father. The only rock in his life is his granny “The Mad Mullah”. The more hardship Fin inflicts or is inflicted upon him the more relatable he becomes. His toxic humour helps him and the reader navigate a year in his life. Fin’s immediate and extended family experience a year of love, laughter and death where an array of characters enter Steeple City with their own unique self-destructive story.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1398446912

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9781398446915

Going Low

How Profane Politics Challenges American Democracy

By: Finbarr Curtis

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Going Low

How Profane Politics Challenges American Democracy

By: Finbarr Curtis

Liberalism puts its trust in civil discourse and rational argument. Today, its opponents enthusiastically flout these norms, making a show of defying so-called political correctness. In the Trump era and beyond, right-wing figures delight in sheer offensiveness. What is at stake in breaking the rules of civility to “own the libs”? Going Low examines how the offensive style of contemporary politics challenges liberal democratic institutions. Considering the rise of illiberal politics and debates about the limits of free speech, Finbarr Curtis draws on the insights of religious studies to rethink provocation and transgression. He argues that the spectacle of brazenly violating taboos is a show of dominance over a supposedly censorious liberalism. Profaning liberal pieties is the ultimate form of “winning.” Curtis contends that deliberate offensiveness dovetails with the privatization of public goods: both represent the refusal to accommodate the sensibilities of others in a diverse society. Going Low offers a series of essays that recast recent controversies, including Trump’s reality-TV presidency, white evangelical complaints of liberal bigotry, bakers who refuse to bake cakes for LGBTQ weddings, and hostility toward the activism of athletes and college students. Together, these essays shed new light on contemporary political discourse and reveal why illiberalism has turned to profane politics for a profane age.

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134

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Columbia University Press

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0231556136

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9780231556132

Teeth for Life for Older Adults

By: P. Finbarr Allen

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Teeth for Life for Older Adults

By: P. Finbarr Allen

As our ageing population retain more teeth into old age, the burden of dental maintenance increases. This text presents an overview of these challenges facing the dentist and how edentulousness in old age can be prevented with long-term treatment planning. Treatment strategies designed to minimise risk to the remaining natural dentition are also described.

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159

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Quintessence Publishing Company Limited

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1850973008

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9781850973003

Tales Things Tell

Material Histories of Early Globalisms

By: Finbarr Barry Flood,Beate Fricke

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Tales Things Tell

Material Histories of Early Globalisms

By: Finbarr Barry Flood,Beate Fricke

New perspectives on early globalisms from objects and images Tales Things Tell offers new perspectives on histories of connectivity between Africa, Asia, and Europe in the period before the Mongol conquests of the thirteenth century. Reflected in objects and materials whose circulation and reception defined aesthetic, economic, and technological networks that existed outside established political and sectarian boundaries, many of these histories are not documented in the written sources on which historians usually rely. Tales Things Tell charts bold new directions in art history, making a compelling case for the archival value of mobile artifacts and images in reconstructing the past. In this beautifully illustrated book, Finbarr Barry Flood and Beate Fricke present six illuminating case studies from the sixth to the thirteenth centuries to show how portable objects mediated the mobility of concepts, iconographies, and techniques. The case studies range from metalwork to stone reliefs, manuscript paintings, and objects using natural materials such as coconut and rock crystal. Whether as booty, commodities, gifts, or souvenirs, many of the objects discussed in Tales Things Tell functioned as sources of aesthetic, iconographic, or technical knowledge in the lands in which they came to rest. Remapping the histories of exchange between medieval Islam and Christendom, from Europe to the Indian Ocean, Tales Things Tell ventures beyond standard narratives drawn from written archival records to demonstrate the value of objects and images as documents of early globalisms.

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Princeton University Press

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0691252661

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9780691252667

Capitalising on Culture, Competing on Difference

Innovation, Learning and Sense of Place in a Globalising Ireland

By: Finbarr Bradley,James J. Kennelly

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Capitalising on Culture, Competing on Difference

Innovation, Learning and Sense of Place in a Globalising Ireland

By: Finbarr Bradley,James J. Kennelly

After two decades of exceptional economic growth and cultural change, Ireland faces the greatest challenge yet: creating a sustainable competitive advantage to guarantee its success in the future. Finbarr Bradley and James Kennelly recommend a renewed sense of national identity as social and cultural capital to maintain and enhance Ireland’s economic development.

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372

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Blackhall Publishing

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1842181491

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9781842181492

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Broken Promises

Broken Promises

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Steeple City

Going Low

Going Low

Teeth for Life for Older Adults

Teeth for Life for Older Adults

Tales Things Tell

Tales Things Tell

Capitalising on Culture, Competing on Difference

Capitalising on Culture, Competing on Difference

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