The Iona Institute ~ for Religion and Society
Downloads ~ Recent Talks
The Alleged Conflict between Faith and Science
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Priest and physicist Fr Andrew Pinsent spoke to the Iona Institute in February 2013 about the mistaken view that science and religion are in conflict.
John Waters on the Abolition of God
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John Waters addressed the Iona Institute in the Davenport on Wednesday 12th December 2012 on the subject Abolition of God.
David Quinn's talk to the IEC: The Changing Irish Family: for better or worse?
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David Quinn spoke to the International Congress in June 2012 on the changing face of the Irish family, and what it means for Irish society.
Fr Michael Drumm on the rights of denominational schools
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The Chair of the Catholic schools Partnership, Fr Michael Drumm, speaks about the threats to denominational schools posed by certain proposals made by the Forum on Patronage and pluralism.
Mr Henk Vos of VGS an organisation which supports boards and directors of Christian schools in the Netherlands.
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Mr Henk Vos, a member VGS an organisation which supports boards and directors of Christian schools in the Netherlands, spoke to the Iona Institute about the Dutch experience of faith schools.
Bishop Michael Nazir Ali on Triple Jeopardy: Aggressive Secularism, Radical Islamism and Multiculturalism
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The Church of England Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir Ali, addressed the Iona Institute on 9th May 2012 on the topic of aggressive secularism.
Bishop Richard Clarke on the impact of cuts on Church of Ireland schools
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In March, the Iona Institute hosted a conference last week on the future of denominational schools in light of Education Minister Ruairi Quinn’s Forum on the same topic.
Renewing the Church: A talk by George Weigel
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Finola Bruton on Ireland's "mancession"
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Finola Bruton talks about how the Irish recession has disproportionately hit men, and what to do about it.
Dr Peter Saunders on the unfairness of tax individualisation
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Peter Saunders explains why tax individualisation is unfair to single-income couples, and encourages couples to be more reliant on the State.
Jonas Himmelstrand on Sweden’s failed daycare experiment
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Jonas Himmelstrand explains how Sweden's daycare experiment is leading to a decline in educational standards and other areas.
Dr Catherine Hakim on Feminist myths about women, home and work
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Dr Catherine Hakim says that social policy usually assumes that all women want to work outside the home, but that this is unfair and counterproductive.
Breda O’Brien on Irish social policy’s bias against mothers
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Breda O'Brien on how Irish social policy is weighted against the stay-at-mother.
David Quinn's Talk
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David Quinn explains how moral relativism is threatening religious freedom.
The clash between religious freedom and ‘human rights’: Roger Trigg
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Roger Trigg discusses the new conflict between interpretations of "human rights" laws and freedom of religion at a conference hosted by the Iona Institute in October 2010.
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Neil Addison's Talk
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