Dean Swift: The Satirist and his FaithA Symposium on Jonathan Swift and ChristianityConducted at The Deanery of St. Patrick's, Upper Kevin Street, Dublin 8, on 19 October 2002, with Dr Robert Mahony in the Chair.Programme:Anne Barbeau Gardiner (City University of New York)'Swift and the Idea of the Primitive Church' Prof. Gardiner, whose works on John Dyden include Ancient Faith and Modern Freedom (1998), is a leading authority on the religious struggles of the age as context for later 17th-century literature in English.
Michael DePorte (University of New Hampshire)
Ruth A. Herman (University of Hertfordshire)
W. J. McCormack (Goldsmiths' College, University of London)
Brean S.Hammond (Professor of English Studies, University of Nottingham) The discussion, introduced as above, continued with participation by audience. A reception followed, sponsored by Irish Academic Press to mark the publication of Jonathan Swift and the Church of Ireland, 1710-1724 by Christopher J. Fauske
Discourse during Evensong, Sunday October 20:Dr Robert Mahony (Catholic University of America)Swift and Sin Prof. Mahony is author of Jonathan Swift: The Irish Identity (1995) and founder of the Center for Irish Studies at CUA.
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