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Surviving the Secular: Faith, Grief, Parody 在世俗中生存:信仰，悲伤，恶搞

Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/stu.2022.0030

M. Kirwan

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One Hundred Years of Irish Language Policy, 1922–2022 by John Walsh (review) 《爱尔兰语言政策一百年，1922-2022》作者:约翰·沃尔什

Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/stu.2022.0038

P. Kirby

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Christianity for Grown-Ups 成人的基督教

Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/stu.2022.0035

K. O'Mahony

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The Changed Reality of Being a Catholic Priest in Today’s Ireland 当今爱尔兰天主教牧师的现实变化

Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/stu.2022.0031

J. Littleton

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Pope Francis in Conversation with the Editors of European Jesuit Journals 教宗方济各与欧洲耶稣会期刊编辑的谈话

Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/stu.2022.0037

Antonio Spadaro

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‘Going Deep, Going Forth, Going Together’ Part I: The Catholic Church in Ireland, Vatican II and Pope Francis “深入、前进、携手”第一部分：爱尔兰天主教会、梵蒂冈二世和教皇方济各

Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/stu.2022.0033

B. Leahy

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Home Truths: Irish Neoliberalism’s Eclipse of Irish Catholicism 家庭真理：爱尔兰新自由主义对爱尔兰天主教的侵蚀

Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/stu.2022.0029

K. Hargaden

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The Future of the Catholic Church in Ireland: Synodality and the Wounds of Abuse 爱尔兰天主教会的未来:教会关系和虐待的创伤

Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/stu.2022.0034

G. O’Hanlon

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Women’s Prophetic Voice for the Church 妇女对教会的预言之声

Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/stu.2022.0032

Gráinne Doherty

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An Irish Dante, Part I: Possible Precursors to the Commedia 爱尔兰但丁，第一部分：百科全书的可能先驱

Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/stu.2022.0019

Daragh O’Connell

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