Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1986. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (73-76).

Thesis (D.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1927. / Vita. Bibliography: p. v-vii.

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1986. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (73-76).

Dissertation--Universität Regensburg, 1998. / Bibliogr. p. 293-309.

Thesis (Th. D.)--Concordia Seminary, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-128).

Thesis (Th. D.)--Concordia Seminary, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 250-257).

The concept of 'folk-religion' has functioned as both a mission interface, and as a clerical category of self-absolution in the face of secularisation and marginalisation. The attitudes that clergy bring to'folk-religion', its beliefs and praxis and the effects of longitudinal change within the religious Zeitgeist, are the main concern of this study. Data on clergy attitudes to 'folk-religion' from the 1988-1990 Rural Church Project (RCP) provide an empirical basis for replication and extension of the RCP questions on 'f olkreligion' to the Diocese of Bath & Wells. The latter takes the form of sixtyone in depth semi-structured interviews, together with a small sub-sample of Anglican and other mainstream clergy working in Glastonbury. Chapter One critiques the RCP, introduces the concept of 'folk-religion', and proposes a descriptive attitudinal taxonomy, the strong-negative - non-differentiator continuum. This both defines the range of clergy attitudes to 'folk-religion' and provides a heuristic model which, in conjunction with a quantitative instrument (the Clergy Attitude Scale) is elaborated in Part Two when the Somerset data are subjected to in-depth analysis. The latter is approached through the concept of differential-reflexivity. The attitudinal pattern to emerge is contained within a nexus of psychological, sociological, and theological constructs. Earlier models linking clergy attitudes to 'folk-religion' to churchmanship are modified, as is the understanding of the function of 'folk-religion' as a clerical category of selfabsolution. Chapter Six considers evidence of longitudinal changes in both the meanings and representations of 'folk-religion' as they impact upon clergy attitudes and pastoral praxis. Chapter Seven discusses the impact which the leitmotif of Glastonbury has upon the meanings of contemporary representations of the sacred. Chapter Eight suggests that the key underlying theological attitudinal signifier is to be found within the different ways in which a soteriological meta-narrative is implicitly used by the clergy in the formation of attitudes to 'folk-religion'. The way in which the study extends knowledge, its significance for missiological modelling, and further research possibilities are discussed in Chapter Nine

Issued also as thesis, Marburg, 1963. / Bibliography: p. [xix]-xxvi.

Le mémoire suivant se concentre sur l’analyse d’un procès se déroulant devant le Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France entre décembre 1676 et juin 1677 opposant le trafiquant de fourrures François Lenoir dit Rolland à son curé Étienne Guyotte ainsi que plusieurs autres paroissiens pour l’avoir expulsé de l’église des Saints-Anges de Lachine pendant la messe. Bien que la plainte de Lenoir concerne une réparation d’honneur, la sentence du procès restreint le pouvoir de diffusion des ecclésiastiques du Canada à ce qui concerne la religion seulement. Pour comprendre l’inadéquation entre la plainte et la sentence, il faut étudier les dynamiques locales des paroissiens de Lachine ainsi que les tensions au sein des autorités coloniales temporelles et spirituelles. En effet, l’élément au coeur de l’affaire est la vente d’alcool aux Amérindiens. Ce trafic, très rentable, oppose les paroissiens lachinois divisés entre différentes clientèles ce qui cause les tensions dans la petite communauté. Ce commerce est aussi très mal vu par l’Église qui tente de l’encadrer et de le restreindre alors que le Conseil souverain l’autorise. Ainsi, ce procès a des conséquences plus grandes que ce que Lenoir prévoyait lors du dépôt de sa plainte, surtout que la sentence n’aide en rien son honneur bafoué. Malgré le manque de réparation, Lenoir retourne à Lachine et réintègre la communauté lachinoise alors qu’il perd le patronage qui lui avait si bien servi lors de son établissement dans la colonie.

anglicky Annotation In my thesis I deal with the Confession in European nad especially Czech Protestantism, its conception, form and transformations in history. The focus of my work is to look at the Confession in the Reformation and its further development. The work is divided into four major chapters: (1) The Confession, (2) The Confession and reformers, (3) The Cofession and reformist religions, (4) The Confession of contemporary Protestantism. Each of these chapters is further divided into subsections. In conclusion I describe the effort to reintroduce private Confession as solid form of church life and I think about reasons why nowadays in Protestant churches private Confession used only sporadically. Keywords: confession; Reformation; the Church of the Brethren; Luther; Calvin; Protestantism; Sin; Forgiveness; Absolution.