Thesis (M.A.P.S.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [65-67]).

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The dissertation argues that Catholicism's theology and sacramentalism constituted the foundation of a ministry that from Reconstruction through the 1930s extended the religion's reach in the U.S. beyond its historical loci of numerical strength and influence to African American communities in the South. The dissertation draws on decrees of the Council of Trent, papal encyclicals, pastoral letters, theological treatises, and Catholic interpretation of Judeo-Christian scripture to demonstrate that the Church's beliefs manifestly shaped its African American ministry. The dissertation illuminates a missiology that employed uniquely Catholic sacral elements in a framework designed to assist the faithful in living a virtuous life and attaining salvation. Within the temporal sphere, education functioned as the centerpiece of the Church's missionary effort, and the dissertation demonstrates the capacity of Catholic educational initiatives to advance African Americans socially and spiritually. The study assesses the efficacy of different educational methodologies and concludes that the Church prescribed industrial education for both white and African American students and, wherever and to the extent possible, simultaneously provided instruction in classical, non-vocational subjects. The dissertation establishes the centrality of priests and religious sisters to the work of evangelization in its various forms. Focusing on three American orders of sisters, and four orders of priests with European roots, the study concludes that the efforts of these women and men had a salutary effect on the lives of African Americans in the South. While both priests and sisters served as spiritual guides and counselors, priests functioned mainly as ministers of the Church's sacred rights while the sisters crafted and managed the work of education. Although the Church Universal received its direction from the Vatican, the dissertation argues that American bishops, faced with the realities of the Jim Crow South, demonstrated a lesser commitment to the African American apostolate than the Holy See decreed. The work of priests and sisters at the local level, on the other hand, more clearly reflected the course that Rome expected the American Church to follow.

Šiame magistro darbe buvo lyginamos religijos studentų, katalikų ir musulmonų, nuostatos savižudybių atžvilgiu. Tyrimo tikslas: Palyginti religijos studentų, išpažįstančių skirtingas religijas (Romos katalikų bažnyčia ir islamas) ir gyvenančių šalyse (Lietuva ir Turkija), kurių savižudybių rodikliai smarkiai skiriasi, nuostatas savižudybių atžvilgiu. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrime dalyvavo 131 katalikas (religijos studentai, Lietuva) ir 97 musulmonai (religijos studentai, Turkija). Empirinis tyrimas buvo atliktas naudojant ATTS (Attitudes Towards Suicide – Nuostatos savižudybių atžvilgiu) klausimyną. Pagrindinę šio klausimyno dalį sudaro teiginiai, kuriuos tyrimo dalyviai turi įvertinti naudodami 5 punktų Likert skalę. Tyrimo rezultatai. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad religijos studentų, katalikų ir musulmonų, „Priimtinumo“, „Įsitraukimo / pasirengimo padėti” „Nepateisinimo / nesuprantamumo“ faktorių reikšmių vidurkiai statistiškai reikšmingai skyrėsi (p < 0,05). „Nenuspėjamumo / Nureikšminimo“ ir „Mitų“ faktorių reikšmių vidurkiai statistiškai reikšmingai nesiskyrė (p > 0,05). Remiantis faktorių palyginimo rezultatais daromos šios išvados: (1) katalikų ir musulmonų religijos studentų nuostatos savižudybių atžvilgiu skiriasi; (2) katalikų ir musulmonų religijos studentų žinios apie savižudybę ir jos rizikos įvertinimą nesiskiria. / Religion students’ (Catholics and Muslims) attitudes toward suicide were compared in this research. Objective: To compare religion students’, who confess different religions (Roman Catholic Church and Islam) and who lives in countries (Lithuania and Turkey) with very different suicide rates, attitudes toward suicide. Methods. 131 Catholic (religion students, Lithuania) and 97 Muslims (religion students, Turkey) participated in this research. The questionnaire ATTS (Attitudes Towards Suicide) was used for this empirical study. This questionnaire mainly consisted of statements to be scored on a five-point Likert scale. Results. The results of comparing Catholics and Muslims evidence statistical significant difference between means of „Acceptability“, „Preparedness” „Condemnation“ factors (p < 0,05). There is no statistical significant difference between means of „Unpredictability” and „Myths” factors (p > 0,05). On the ground of these results are made a few conclusions: (1) religion students, Catholics and Muslims, differ in attitudes toward suicide; (2) religion students, Catholics and Muslims, do not differ in knowledge about suicide and suicide risk evaluation.

This study has been uaidertaken essentially as a contribution to social history, to the exploration of facets of the Catholic sub-population in Queensland over the years 1910 to 1935. It is not an ecclesiastical history, nor a political or economic one, though considerations of prior concern for each such history impinge centrally on its subject matter. It will be argued that around both the years 1910 and 1935 new kinds of consciousness were emerging, both v/ithin the Church in Queensland and in its wider environment. This interval has been seen, therefore, as a unit permitting of a degree of discrete study.

This study has been uaidertaken essentially as a contribution to social history, to the exploration of facets of the Catholic sub-population in Queensland over the years 1910 to 1935. It is not an ecclesiastical history, nor a political or economic one, though considerations of prior concern for each such history impinge centrally on its subject matter. It will be argued that around both the years 1910 and 1935 new kinds of consciousness were emerging, both v/ithin the Church in Queensland and in its wider environment. This interval has been seen, therefore, as a unit permitting of a degree of discrete study.

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Thesis (M.T.S.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1994. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [78]-80).

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