OPEN HOUSE

Issue 291

December 2020 - January 2021

Light from the Southern Cross

Light from the south

DAN BAIRD takes heart from a ground breaking report on the need for comprehensive reform of church governance

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An encyclical for our times

ISABEL SMYTH reflects on Pope Francis’ new encyclical, Fratelli Tuitti

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Let divestment begin

MARIAN PALLISTER welcomes recent developments on the road to a nuclear free future

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The church: a school of wisdom?

MARY CULLEN on theologian Nicholas Lash

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A deeply flawed decision

TOM MAGILL questions the Scottish bishops’ choice of the English Standard Version as the biblical text for the new lectionary

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Full and active participation

R. A. HENDERSON calls for a revision of the current Missal

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God is out there

PAUL GRAHAM reflects on the relationship between religion, society and the secular world

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An Advent Reflection

MEGAN BUHRMANN reflects on the season of Advent

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Civil unions and the Pope

ANGELA HANLEY considers the significance of Pope Francis’ comments on civil unions

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Lockdown lessons

ALEX SANCHEZ-VIVAR and ANNE MOORE share new ways of listening to the Word of God

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Politics as theatrical performance

MICHAEL O’NEILL reflects on the aftermath of the US election

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The Ethics of Encounter

DUNCAN MACLAREN reviews The Ethics of Encounter

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Tony Robb:Remembrance and appreciation

DENIS RICE remembers Tony Robb, a founder of Open House

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JFK Volume 1

LEWIS CAMERON reviews J F K Volume 1: 1917 – 1956 by Frederick Logevall

Mary McAleese

Here’s the Story

FLORENCE BOYLE reviews Here’s the Story by Mary McAleese

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The Trial of the Chicago 7

NORMAN BARRY reviews The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

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‘All On A Wintry Night’

PAUL MATHESON reviews ‘All On A Wintry Night’ by Judy Collins

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