Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice

Pinning the politicians

February 4, 2020

Social justice theologian Dr Kevin Hargaden suggests some tough questions for politicians and some possible answers for those asking them

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How do we think theologically about general elections?

January 29, 2020

KEVIN HARGADEN :: Elections are a serious business, even if experience leaves us with reduced expectations

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Launch of JCFJ’s strategic plan

December 18, 2019

Kevin Hargaden, team leader at JCFJ, spoke with Pat Coyle ahead of the launch of the think-tank's strategic plan 2019-2023

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A time of risks and threats

November 19, 2019

October's Working Notes takes a look at concrete issues of public policy but views them in terms of the conceptual framework which informs them

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Jesuit centre’s ‘independent and critical voice’

November 6, 2019

Ciara Murphy and Keith Adams, new staff members at JCFJ, highlight the centre's ability to act as an independent, critical voice on environmental and social policy

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Prayer and protest for climate action

October 9, 2019

Students of Gonzaga College SJ and Belvedere College SJ live out their motto to be 'men and women for and with others' at the recent strike for Global Climate Action...

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Joining young people for climate action

September 17, 2019

Ciara Murphy, Environmental Justice Advocate at JCFJ, draws from the Pope's encyclical letter Laudato Si’ to expain why she is protesting with school students on 20 September

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The many faces of crime

August 21, 2019

The late summer issue of Working Notes goes beyond the definition of crime in relation to the law to include cases of 'economic crime', 'carbon crime' and crime with regard...

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Climate Action Plan: Will we adapt to climate chaos?

July 11, 2019

CIARA MURPHY (JCFJ) :: The Government's Climate Action Plan lacks urgency and shows no awareness of the scale of the impending crisis.

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The Climate Action Plan theologically considered

July 2, 2019

KEVIN HARGADEN :: In spite of the initial positive reception, there are good reasons why enthusiasm for the Government's Climate Action Plan has dampened.

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