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Post by Los Leandros on Oct 27, 2011 11:22:30 GMT
I have just started reading " God's Philosopher's " by John Hannam, only published two years ago. A brilliant rehabilitation of the the role of Catholicism in the development of science ( largely resulting from the founding of universities by the Church ). Well worth a read for anyone interested in demolishing the 19th century propagandist myth's, which sought to denigrate the Church's role in advancing science.
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Post by hibernicus on Oct 27, 2011 14:03:02 GMT
Draws a lot on the work of Fr Stanley Jaki - this is difficult to get hold of but worth reading
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Post by shane on Oct 27, 2011 14:13:51 GMT
"Well worth a read for anyone interested in demolishing the 19th century propagandist myth's"
Slightly off-topic but does anyone else get the feeling that something similar has happened with the modern history of the Irish Church? It seems to me that it is still a fairly primitive topic (especially considering its significance to Irish social history more broadly) and that the vacuum has in the interim become saturated in a myriad of myths, cliches and stereotypes. (I was discussing this with the Thirsty Gargoyle on Twitter and he agreed.)
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Post by hibernicus on Nov 1, 2011 20:58:00 GMT
Yes, Shane, I agree. We seem to have gone within a generation from taking Catholicism for granted and assuming the Irish people have always been Catholic because it just came naturally and that this was a matter of pride, to assuming that Catholicism was some alien oppressive force imposed on us in the nineteenth century. The fact that clerical dress and religious habits have become popular as HAlloween costumes says a lot.
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