The Diploma work compares the records in local, parish and school chronicles in Ledenice, a small town near České Budějovice. The work is split up to four basic chapters. It contains an extensive list of the literature and sources as well as the abundant supplements. The first chapter is about concise history of town, parish and school in Ledenice, the second chapter is about the development of Czech chronicle writing from the Middle Ages till present (inclusive of the history of local, parish and school chronicle writing). The thirt chapter includes development of chronicle writing in Ledenice, in this chapter we don´t miss description of the particular books, analysis of the records and brief biography of all chroniclers. The last pivotal chapter compares chronicle-records in the chosen period 1900{--}1950, puts near common topics as well as the specialities of particular chronicles and chroniclers. Short summaries are in this fourth chapter, the result from all the research is in the ending.

This paper looks to examine the relationship between the church buildings and archaeological finds from under the church floor in Silte parish on the baltic isle, Gotland. The material was excavated in 1971-1972, after evidence of an older wooden church was uncovered during restoration work. This older structure, revealed to have consisted of a chancel and choir, had evidently been connected to the present stone choir for some time. The well preserved foundation was excavated along with a rich archeological material consisting of, amongst other things, some 1700 coins and 18 graves along with skeletal material indicating an additional 25 individuals. In this thesis the material and the buildings are put into context and an attempt is made to link it to different phases of christianization. One connecting to the timbered stave church, and one to the later stone church. The results are then used to make a connection between this development and the formation of the parish system on the island and the increased stratification of church and society during the early Middle Ages in Sweden and Scandinavia.

The Anglican Church is experiencing a growing number of clergy who abuse alcohol, and this has made people to ask whether clergy still embody the image of God or if they are “alcoholics.” I therefore undertook to do a research on this problem to ascertain whether the church creates alcoholics or are alcoholics attracted to the ministry. Questionnaires designed for laity, clergy and the diocesan leadership were given to them to find out if alcohol and alcoholism is a problem to the church and what could be the cause of it. Realizing that the questionnaires may not be sufficient, five case studies we used. These case studies are real stories from different priests across Southern Africa. They are more detailed and shed a light to the problem of alcoholism among the clergy. Through the questionnaires and case studies, the researcher found that ministerial stress, family stress, financial problems, lack of recreational time and peer pressure contribute to clergy being alcoholics. Moreover, the diocesan leadership has not devised means to assist alcoholic priests on permanent bases. Sending an alcoholic priest to rehabilitation centres has been the modus operandi and there is no follow up from the leadership until the said priest relapses. Families of alcoholic clergy have been left to find their own ways of healing. The parish too, has not received much help. The question asked is how the parish heal and not take out its pain on a new priest who comes after the alcoholic priest. The researcher recommends that as part of the discernment process, a psychologist be involved to help to ascertain whether a candidate to ministry does / have exposure to alcohol and to what extend his condition can be a hindrance to performing his priestly calling. With many clergy, the signs were there when they went to the Discernment Conference and no one picked them up. And as part of clergy training and formation, the abuse of alcohol and its consequences should be discussed and on-going assistance should be accessible to both clergy and their families. Though this research was not aimed at stopping priests from being alcoholics, the researcher hopes that it helps the clergy to realize what alcohol do to their ministry, families and themselves so that they can make wise choices when it comes to taking alcohol. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Practical Theology / unrestricted

(in English): The main aim of this diploma thesis is to bring an edition of so called reports of parsons (relationes parochorum) of Radonice vicarage from the years 1676/77. In connection with that the thesis describes the origin of this historical source and the territorial development of Radonice vicarage from 1630/31 to the year 1700. The rest of the thesis focuses on some partial aspects of the relation between parsons and their patrons (privat chapells, reports on non-catholics and public sinners, parish schools).

O presente trabalho, realizado no Programa de Doutorado em Letras da Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS) e do Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis (UniRitter), pesquisa situada no ramo da Onomástica, tem como objetivo geral mapear os nomes das crianças batizadas na Paróquia Santa Teresa, de Caxias do Sul-RS, bem como relacioná-los ao contexto histórico, sociocultural e religioso da comunidade. O método utilizado no desenvolvimento do presente trabalho foi o indutivo. Partimos dos dados registrados, fizemos a sua análise e os explicamos, para, depois, estabelecermos generalizações. A pesquisa é documental e bibliográfica, e leva em conta o modelo qualitativo de análise, conjugando-o com o quantitativo pela utilização de dados, de suas ocorrências e dos respectivos percentuais. O corpus é compreendido por 57.168 nomes de pessoas com batismo registrado entre 1875 e 2005, sendo que o total dos nomes mais recorrentes (masculinos e femininos, agrupados) corresponde a 47,5% da amostra. Eles são divididos em gêneros e em quatro períodos pré-estabelecidos (1875-1906, 1908-1939, 1941-1972, 1974-2005). O recorte efetuado para realização deste estudo compreende a área de abrangência da Paróquia de Santa Teresa de Caxias do Sul-RS. Foi escolhida a comunidade dessa paróquia por ter sido essa igreja a primeira criada, em 20 de maio de 1884, na então Colônia Caxias, nove anos depois da chegada dos imigrantes italianos. Pelo caráter interdisciplinar, o estudo onomástico estabelece outras relações acerca do nome, evidenciando aspectos linguísticos e culturais que dizem respeito tanto a um indivíduo, quanto à comunidade em que ele vive. / The present work, conducted in the Doctoral Program in Literature at the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS) and the University Center Ritter dos Reis (UniRitter), research located in the branch of Onomastics, has as the main objective to map the names of the children baptized in Saint Teresa Parish, in Caxias do Sul-RS, as well as to relate them to the historical, sociocultural and religious context of the community. The method used in the development of the present study was the inductive. We started from the recorded data, proceeded to their analysis and explained them, to then establish generalizations. The research is documental and bibliographic, and takes into account the qualitative analysis model, combining it with the quantitative for the use of data, their occurrences and their percentages. The cut made for this study comprises the coverage area of St. Teresa Parish, in Caxias do Sul-RS. It was chosen this parish community for being it the first church established, in May 20, 1884, in the then Caxias Colony, nine years after the arrival of the Italian immigrants. By its interdisciplinary character, the Onomastic study establishes other relations concerning the name, showing linguistic and cultural aspects that relate both to an individual, as to the community in which he lives.

Abstract  In 1924 an investigation into the poor relief of the Saamis in Sweden was conducted. Thus, non-reindeer herding Saamis came into the lime-light for the first time. Previous research has focused on reindeer-herding Saamis in the sense that they were “the true Saamis”. Instead, the aim of this thesis, is to disclose how the non-reindeer herding Saamis were constructed by using a discourse analysis approach. It includes those called Parish Lapps, found in thirty replies to a questionnaire of the Nordic Museum in Sweden conducted in 1945. The bias presented there included the magic abilities of the Saamis. The findings illustrate that these notions, as well as the official discourse, influenced the communal discourse. Other bias exist in Swedish society today, and previous special rights of reindeer-herding is brought to the fore onto the political agenda, leaving the non-reindeer herding Saamis, and their history, on the margins. The non-reindeer herding Saamis were depicted as “the other”, not fully included in the “true Saami” way of living, always in exclusion to the Swedish residential manner.

Ce travail présente une histoire sociale de la paroisse du Beitang à Pékin. La première partie montre l’évolution de la paroisse, depuis son émergence en 1688 dans la Cité impériale à sa fermeture en 1827. Après avoir rappelé les services rendus à la Cour par les jésuites suivant leurs divers « métiers », nous avons analysé la situation des jésuites de Pékin après 1773, au moment de la crise de la Compagnie en Europe et en Chine. Les lazaristes arrivèrent en 1785 dans une situation de chaos où se trouvaient les jésuites et leur succédèrent à la Cour des Qing. À la suite des révoltes et des crises de l’Empire, l’état de la mission à Pékin devint de plus et plus fragile, et se posa alors le problème du maintien des chrétientés fragmentées avant l’expulsion des lazaristes par l’empereur mandchou. La seconde partie illustre la constitution d’un réseau, d’une structure et de la vie religieuse d’une paroisse urbaine. En mettant en lumière la coopération de tous les membres de la paroisse, on voit comment cette communauté a pu établir et maintenir une église, une maison charitable et un séminaire dans la société locale. On y voit une religiosité chrétienne sous une forme française ; mais d’autre part, elle rejoint également la tradition des diverses religions chinoises. Nous avons présenté les formes de la piété, les missionnaires, les procureurs, les clergés indigènes et les laïcs dans toutes leurs fonctions pour former une paroisse active au centre ville, dans l’exercice de sa vie religieuse. Avec une liste des livres sacrés et livres de morale chrétiens de langue chinoise, les confréries et les laïcs jouèrent un rôle important dans cette vie, dans le contexte de la Révolution française où le nombre de missionnaires envoyés en Chine était particulièrement réduit. / This dissertation explores a social history of the Beitang parish in Beijing. The first part presents the evolution of the parish from its emergence in 1688 in the Imperial City to its closure in 1827. After an examination of the services rendered to the Qing Court by the Jesuits according to their various “metiers”, we have discussed the situation of the Jesuits in Beijing after 1773, at the time of the crisis of the Society in Europe and China. The Lazarists arrived in 1785 in a situation of chaos where the Jesuits were embroiled and succeeded them to the Qing Court. Following the revolts and crises of the Empire, the state of the mission in Peking became more and more fragile, and the problem arose of maintaining a fragmented Christianity before their expulsion by the Manchu emperor. The second part illustrates the constitution of a network, a structure and the religious life of an urban parish. In the cooperation of all the members of the parish, we see how this community was able to establish and maintain a church, a charitable house and a seminary within the local society. It developed a Christian religiosity in a French form; but on the other hand, it also rejoins the tradition of the various Chinese religions. We have presented the forms of piety, missionaries, procurators, indigenous clergy and laity in all their important functions to form an active parish in the city center, in the exercise of its religious life. As documented by the list of the Christian scriptures and morality books in Chinese language, the confraternities and the laity played an important role, in a context of a lack of missionaries during the French Revolution.

Main topic of this thesis is revitalization of parish house complex in Batelov in difficult situation after restitution of church property. Housing for elderly people is proposed as an economically viable use of complex. Form of newly designed building respects surrounding rural environment, value of nearby listed building of parish house and also needs of its future residents.

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This is a hermeneutical study of an attempt to inculturate a Redemptorist parish mission in a black township parish. The purpose of Redemptorist parish mission is conversion and renewal. This study is influenced by - - the spirit of St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787) founder of the Redemptorists - Vatican II (1962-1965) and by - the African Synod (1994); and it uses the systemic stage model of Rambo and the spiral model of Costas, as a framework to understand conversion. The conversion experiences of ten parishioners of St. Peter's parish are used as data for the study. A theological reflection on the ten conversions confirmed the following: that cultural context is important for understanding conversion; that conversion is both a distinct moment and a continuous process; that it is imperative to understand conversion from the perspective of the convert him/herself. For 'mission preaching' to effect genuine conversion it must be inculturated. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / Th. M. (Missiology)