Dermot Roantree

Manchán Magan’s legacy is secure

December 19, 2025

Dermot Roantree :: Thanks to Manchán Magan's books, film productions, and infectious love of Irish land and language, his legacy is secure.

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René Girard and J.D. Vance

November 6, 2025

'Studies' editor Dermot Roantree features in in the Irish Times, speaking about the Catholic thinker behind J.D. Vance's conversion.

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Spotlight on Trump’s second term

June 16, 2025

The Summer 2025 issue of Studies has as its central theme Donald Trump's second presidential term in the US. 'Undoing the Order of Things' is the title.

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‘Simple question – complex answer’

April 1, 2025

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe launched a special edition of the Jesuit journal 'Studies' before a large gathering in Dublin's Mansion House.

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On poetry and the sacred

October 2, 2024

DERMOT ROANTREE :: There are clear affinities between the disposition of the poet – and indeed the reader of poetry – and the attitude of people at prayer.

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Seeking justice in this world

December 18, 2023

DERMOT ROANTREE :: Seeking justice in the here and now is integral to the Christian commitment to take the Gospel exhortations and promises seriously.

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Thinking ahead to Ireland’s future

March 7, 2023

DERMOT ROANTREE :: What kind of Ireland do we want in 2030? Many concrete issues need attention, but most of all we must ask from where we will draw our...

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The worldview of Vatican II

December 6, 2022

DERMOT ROANTREE :: The Second Vatican Council articulated an expansive worldview that drew on the deepest traditions of the Church.

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Nationalism and the Christian call to solidarity

June 7, 2022

DERMOT ROANTREE :: Attachment to one's nation should not entail a lessening of one's sense of belonging to wider humanity.

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Democracy stress-tested by COVID-19

December 7, 2021

DERMOT ROANTREE :: The pandemic is the latest and most strenuous test of the strength of democratic commitments in many countries.

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