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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2007. / Thesis directed by Chris Vanden Bossche for the Department of English. "July 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 226-236).

Thesis (M.A.)--Duquesne University, 2009. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-126) and index.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-17T15:02:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1114449 bytes, checksum: ef0c7e02d6a4a4905c7f701a75632c00 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The objective of this work is the analysis of guilt and grace from the perspective of the Catholic Church, based on Christianity, Phenomenology and its method and the universe of the Catholic Church. The work of Freud and psychoanalytic implications serve basis and subsidies in the process of data analysis in the research in question, as well as the myths, they are representations of what is deepest in human symbols, images and archetypes that are the psyche and the "imaginary" of existential being. The research will examine the repression suffered by Christians and most specifically Catholics throughout history. The influence of guilt on intra and interpersonal relationships, as well as the subjectivity of the Catholics. The guilt imposed by the Catholic Church in order to monitor their faithful. The lack of obedience as a starting point for the sin and guilt as a result installed on the inside of the followers of the religion in question / O objetivo deste trabalho consiste na análise da culpa e da graça na perspectiva da igreja católica, tendo como base o Cristianismo, a Fenomenologia, seu método e o universo da Igreja Católica. A obra de Freud e suas implicações psicanalíticas servirão de base e subsídios no processo de análise dos dados obtidos na pesquisa em questão, assim como os mitos, sendo eles as representações do que existe de mais profundo no humano, símbolos, imagens e arquétipos que se encontram na psique e no imaginário do ser existencial. A pesquisa apreciará a repressão sofrida pelos cristãos, mais especificamente, os católicos ao longo da História. A influência do sentimento de culpa nas relações intra e interpessoal, bem como a subjetividade dos católicos. A culpa imposta pela Igreja Católica no sentido de monitorar os seus fieis. A falta de obediência como ponto de partida para o pecado e, como consequência, a culpa instalada no íntimo dos seguidores da religião em pauta

The growth of popular protestantism and the increased demands of Irish Catholicism were two nineteenth century developments which would not take place without conflict. The high Churchmanship and Toryism of Wesley coupled with Methodist experiences in Ireland ensured that Wesleyans would not support concessions to the Irish Catholics. The remarkable numerical growth of Methodism in England only highlighted its apparent failure in Ireland when confronted by a surprisingly resilient Catholicism. Most religious and social conflicts have political ramifications and this one was no exception. Battle lines were dram over three important questions. Were Roman Catholics entitled to the same political, rights as everyone else? What were the relative responsibilities of Church and State in the provision of education? What was to be the fate of protestantism in Ireland when it was in such a hopeless minority? In all of these questions Methodism and Roman Catholicism found themselves on completely opposite sides. As with later non-conformists the Wesleyans could not accept that what was theologically and morally wrong could ever be politically right. In response the Irish Catholics could appeal to the government for change in a country where the religion of the majority was politically and socially in subjection to the religion of the minority. Methodism's allies were the Established Church and the Tory party, and both let them down. In the disappointment of political failure over the Maynooth Bill the Wesleyans reaffirmed their belief in religious methods by participating in the Evangelical Alliance. In spite of short term successes Methodism's political objectives were not achieved and participation in public affairs often produced connexional disharmony.

abstract: The aim of this project is an exploration of health literacy as found in the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae. The rhetoric of the Catholic Church clearly demonstrates its creation and promotion of moral authority over the health practices of the faithful. As such, the encyclical illustrates the means by which Catholic conscience dictates corporal existence. Through its denunciation of the evolving social mores of the 1960s, its condemnation of contraception, and its encouragement in the reception of natural law, the document offers the merits of Catholic marriage as guiding principles beneficial to all good men. Ultimately, group morality is conveyed as the path to health. Consideration of Humanae Vitae through a Burkean logological lens allows an inquiry into the elements of theology and biology, and evaluates the foundational language of each as a form of action. As well, the oracular nature of the rhetoric merits analysis, for the Church continues to maintain the encyclical as the final declaration of sexual rectitude. However, many Catholics and members of secular society disagree, necessitating a forecast which questions the rhetorical retention of the text. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. English 2010

abstract: Though some scholars have written about place and history, few have pursued the use of place theory in length in relation to the connections between race, religion, and national identity. Using the writings in the United States and Louisiana in the years surrounding the Louisiana Purchase, I explore place-making and othering processes. U.S. leaders influenced by the Second Great Awakening viewed New Orleans as un-American in its religion and seemingly ambiguous race relations. New Orleanian Catholics viewed the U.S. as an aggressively Protestant place that threatened the stability of the Catholic Church in the Louisiana Territory. Both Americans and New Orleanians constructed the place identities of the other in relation to events in Europe and the Caribbean, demonstrating that places are constructed in relation to one another. In order to elucidate these dynamics, I draw on place theory, literary analysis, and historical anthropology in analyzing the letters of W.C.C. Claiborne, the first U.S. governor of the Louisiana Territory, in conjunction with sermons of prominent Protestant ministers Samuel Hopkins and Jedidiah Morse, a letter written by Ursuline nun Sister Marie Therese de St. Xavior Farjon to Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington Cable's Reconstruction era novel The Grandissimes. All of these parties used the notion of place to create social fact that was bound up with debates about race and anti-Catholic sentiments. Furthermore, their treatments of place demonstrate concerns for creating, or resisting absorption by, a New Republic that was white and Protestant. Place theory proves useful in clarifying how Americans and New Orleanians viewed the Louisiana Purchase as well as the legacy of those ideas. It demonstrates the ways in which the U.S. defined itself in contradistinction to religious others. Limitations arise, however, depending on the types of sources historians use. While official government letters reveal much when put into the context of the trends in American religion at the turn of the nineteenth century, they are not as clearly illuminating as journals and novels. In these genres, authors provide richer detail from which historians can try to reconstruct senses of place. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. Religious Studies 2011

O presente estudo consiste numa análise etnográfica e comparativa entre os sistemas de crenças e práticas da bruxaria tradicional e moderna existentes em Porto Alegre, no Rio Grande do Sul, a primeira sendo restrita aos habitantes da Ilha da Pintada e a segunda transitando, sobretudo entre jovens das camadas médias da cidade. Aparentemente, a bruxaria tradicional vinculada às práticas do catolicismo popular tradicional é o oposto da bruxaria moderna ou neopagã. Ao invés de um Deus transcendente, a última cultua uma Deusa imanente, que está presente em todos os seres da natureza. Além disso, as bruxas modernas de Porto Alegre dizem trabalhar somente “para o bem”, enquanto as bruxas tradicionais da Ilha da Pintada estariam ligadas a práticas de malefícios e mesmo ao embruxamento de crianças. Porém, as correspondências começam a existir quando observamos uma outra personagem das narrativas de bruxas e bruxarias na Ilha, ou seja, as benzedeiras. Elas são as praticantes da “boa magia”, agindo no combate às ações de bruxaria, na comunidade. Benzedeiras e bruxas modernas valem-se de um mesmo símbolo de proteção, o pentagrama ou Símbolo de Salomão. A partir desta primeira analogia, outras serão observadas ao contrastarmos esses dois universos simbólicos. / The present study consists of an ethnographic and comparative analysis between the systems of faiths and practices of the traditional and modern witchcraft in Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul); the first one concerning exclusively the inhabitants of the Island of Pintada and the second one, mainly young people of the middle class of the city. Apparently, traditional witchcraft related to the practices of popular traditional Catholicism is the opposite of the modern witchcraft or neo-pagan. Instead of a transcendent God, modern witchcraft worships an immanent Goddess, who is present in all beings of the nature. Besides, modern witches from Porto Alegre state they “work only for the good”, while the traditional witches of the Island of Pintada would be linked to practices of harms and even to children's bewitchment. However, similarities begin to exist when we observe another character of the witches' narratives and witchcrafts in the Island, in other words, the benzedeiras (faith healers). They practice “good magic”, acting against the witchcraft actions in the community. Benzedeiras and modern witches use the same protection symbol, the pentagram or Solomon Seal. Starting from this first analogy, we will observe many others as we contrast these two symbolic universes.