by Sean Reilly | Apr 16, 2008
Should anything be able to thwart the will of the people expressed through freely chosen and accountable representative institutions? This has long been one of the limit testing questions for modern political theorists. Answer ‘no’ and you invite the nightmare of a...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 26, 2008
To paraphrase Augustine, and subsequently John Caputo, “what is it that we love when we love our God?” I’m constantly amazed by what some people, both non-religious and religious, assume I must be committing myself to in order to “believe in...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 21, 2008
Predicting the future is always a precarious business. But when it comes to the relationship between Christianity and public life there are some pretty clear trends which provide enough evidence to make at least a few credible assertions about what the next few years...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 20, 2008
As death continues to do its worst we find ourselves living in a ‘long Saturday’, suspended irresolvably, it seems, between the threat of despair and the possibility of hope. The former looks substantial and unavoidable. But what of the latter? By its nature, hope is...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 11, 2008
Good citizenship is not about flag-waving, metaphorically or otherwise. It’s about the just practices, shared habits and practical ways of organising our public lives which enable people to belong to one another across boundaries like those created by nation...
