https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/332 2026-07-28T07:32:47Z 2026-07-28T07:32:47Z Attard, Glen Camilleri, Charló https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/148257 2026-07-27T11:23:49Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Spirituality in‑between the post‑traditional and the post‑secular Authors: Attard, Glen; Camilleri, Charló Abstract: On 24–25 April 2025, the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta hosted the Spirituality Colloquium at the Msida campus. Organised by the Department of Moral Theology in collaboration with the Carmelite Institute Malta and the Maltese Association for the Study of Spirituality and Spiritual Companionship, this year’s colloquium was titled “Spirituality: In-between the Post-Traditional and the Post-Secular.” This theme invited critical engagement with the shifting contours of spiritual life in our contemporary, pluralistic society, where traditional forms of religious expression are being re-evaluated in light of emerging post-secular sensibilities. [excerpt]

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Attard, Glenn Camilleri, Charló https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/148223 2026-07-24T10:19:45Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: San Ġwann tas-Salib : iċ-ċerv ukoll midrub - il-poeżiji miġbura Authors: Attard, Glenn; Camilleri, Charló Abstract: San Ġwann tas-Salib huwa magħruf bħala wieħed mill-poeti kbar fil-qasam tal-letteratura Spanjola u bħala l-ogħla kittieb talpoeżija mistika, mhux biss fi Spanja iżda madwar id-dinja kollha. Dan l-għarfien ma seħħx f’daqqa. Kritiċi letterarji bħal Menéndez Pelayo għarfu l-karattru smewwi tal-kitba tiegħu, filwaqt li studji ta’ żmienna juru li l-poeżija tiegħu mhix biss espressjoni spontanja ta’ esperjenza mistika, iżda ħidma artistika elaborata b’ħila letterarja tal-għaġeb. L-ewwel kuntatt ta’ Juan de Yepes mal-poeżija aktarx seħħ matul is-snin tal-formazzjoni tiegħu f’Medina del Campo. Minkejja dan, l-ewwel tifsil poetiku tiegħu ma wasalx għandna. Il-fatt li Santa Tereża ta’ Ġesù xerrdet fost il-komunitajiet li waqqfet ilversifikazzjoni bħala mezz ta’ espressjoni spiritwali, kemm għallfesti liturġiċi kif ukoll għar-rikreazzjoni komunitarja, seta’ xpruna lil Ġwanni tas-Salib biex jikteb il-poeżija. Hu x’inhu, Ġwanni wasal biex jifhem li l-lingwaġġ simboliku tal-poeżija kien għodda siewja sabiex, dak li jkun, ifisser l-esperjenza kontemplattiva fir-relazzjoni ma’ Alla. [silta]

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Calleja, Carlo https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/148215 2026-07-23T10:30:01Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Justice after war : just post bellum in the twenty-first century by David Chiwon Kwon [Book Review] Authors: Calleja, Carlo Abstract: A book review of David Chiwon Kwon’s Justice After War: Just Post Bellum in the Twenty-first Century (Catholic University of America Press, 2023). The reviewer examines Kwon’s constructive theological and ethical framework for post-war justice (jus post bellum). The review highlights Kwon’s three-pronged strategy involving just policing, just punishment, and just political participation, anchored in Catholic Social Teaching. Special emphasis is given to Kwon's novel focus on nonclassical, grassroots Christian actors (such as NGOs and local communities) as active peacebuilders.

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/148212 2026-07-23T10:03:39Z 2026-07-19T00:00:00Z

Title: Unveiled : the restored altarpiece by Favray that defines Casa Manresa’s soul Abstract: The titular painting of the chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at Casa Manresa in Floriana, by the celebrated artist Antoine de Favray (1706-98), depicting the Apparition of the Virgin to St Ignatius of Loyola in Manresa, was recently restored to mark the 275th anniversary of the official inauguration and blessing of this historic building as a retreat house on March 16, 1751, by the Bishop of Malta, Paul Alphéran de Bussan (bishop 1728-57), in a ceremony attended by the Grand Master of the Order of St John, Manuel Pinto de Fonseca (1741-73).

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