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Attitude Of French Writer-Priest, Dead 33 Years, Reflected In Word And Deed By Pope Francis, Eamon Maher Feb 2014

Attitude Of French Writer-Priest, Dead 33 Years, Reflected In Word And Deed By Pope Francis, Eamon Maher

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On October 30th, 1913, in the French village of Montauban-de- Bretagne, Joseph Lemarchand was born, the only child of a tenant-farming family that was ripped asunder by the death of his father in the Great War. A few decades later, as a writer-priest stationed in the Breton capital, Rennes, Lemarchand took the pseudonym Jean Sulivan, a name inspired by his fascination with the movie Sullivan’s Travels . When reading Pope Francis’ groundbreaking interview last August, I had the uncanny feeling that the new pontiff’s views strongly echo what Sulivan was writing in the 1960s and 1970s. A commitment to the …


Albert Camus And The Dilemma Of The Absent God, Eamon Maher Jan 2014

Albert Camus And The Dilemma Of The Absent God, Eamon Maher

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The year 2013 marked the centenary of the birth of Albert Camus. In this article Eamon Maher considers Camus' writing on religion,focusing in particular on two novels, The Outsider and The Plaque. They offer a powerful analysis of the seeming absence of God from a world a suffering, a challenge for all who profess Christian belief.


A Message From France : Jean Sulivan And Post - Catholic Ireland, Eamon Maher Jan 2008

A Message From France : Jean Sulivan And Post - Catholic Ireland, Eamon Maher

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Carrying The Cross : Jean Sulivan's Mais Il Y A La Mer, Eamon Maher Apr 2007

Carrying The Cross : Jean Sulivan's Mais Il Y A La Mer, Eamon Maher

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The Struggle To Be Christian : Julian Green's ''Each Man In His Darkness'', Eamon Maher Mar 2007

The Struggle To Be Christian : Julian Green's ''Each Man In His Darkness'', Eamon Maher

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John Broderick (1924-89) And The French 'Roman Catholique'., Eamon Maher Jan 2007

John Broderick (1924-89) And The French 'Roman Catholique'., Eamon Maher

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A Lost Soul In Search Of The Light : Francois Mauriac's ''Therese Desqueyroux'', Eamon Maher Dec 2006

A Lost Soul In Search Of The Light : Francois Mauriac's ''Therese Desqueyroux'', Eamon Maher

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Loving What We Cannot Understand : Camus' ''The Plague'' And The Tsunami, Eamon Maher Apr 2005

Loving What We Cannot Understand : Camus' ''The Plague'' And The Tsunami, Eamon Maher

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Preaching The Gospel In A De-Christianised Parish 2 : The Healing Power Of Grace, Eamon Maher Nov 2004

Preaching The Gospel In A De-Christianised Parish 2 : The Healing Power Of Grace, Eamon Maher

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Preaching The Gospel In A De-Christianised Parish : Lessons From The ''Diary Of A Country Priest'', Eamon Maher Oct 2004

Preaching The Gospel In A De-Christianised Parish : Lessons From The ''Diary Of A Country Priest'', Eamon Maher

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An Introduction To The Life And Works Of Jean Sulivan (1913-1980), Eamon Maher Jan 2003

An Introduction To The Life And Works Of Jean Sulivan (1913-1980), Eamon Maher

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Coping With Death Alongside Jean Sulivan, Eamon Maher Oct 2001

Coping With Death Alongside Jean Sulivan, Eamon Maher

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The Christian Novelist In An Age Of Transition: A Case Study, Eamon Maher Jan 1993

The Christian Novelist In An Age Of Transition: A Case Study, Eamon Maher

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At the present time in France, organized religion has largely lost its popular appeal. A centuries-old tradition of secularism has replaced God in the hearts of many. It is not therefore surprising that the 'Catholic novel' in its best-known form that of the thirties, when Bernanos and Mauriac wrote their greatest novels is no longer being written by contemporary novelists. That sort of novel simply does not reflect the current spiritual crisis in French society. But there are some writers, and Jean Sulivan (1913-1980 is a600g them, who do portray the human need of and quest for a divine presence …