This thesis examines the rhetorical dimensions of oral interpretation. A group interpretation script entitled "A New Prayer for Peace" was compiled and rehearsed. Two public performances were given to audiences in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth (Texas). The audience members were surveyed to solicit subjective reaction.

This thesis is an examination of the unique conditions for African-descended slaves in St. Augustine, Florida, during the First Spanish Period. St. Augustine was an important garrison at a remote point in the Spanish Empire at the edge of a hostile frontier. As such, economics were less a priority than defense. Slaves, therefore, received different treatment here than in English colonies or even other Spanish colonies. Due to the threat of Protestantism, religious adherence was more important as a test of loyalty than ethnicity and slaves and freed-people were able to integrate better than in other Spanish holdings. In order to explore this integration, the meticulous records of the St. Augustine clergy are used. Infant baptism rates are used to show the influence of Spanish culture as well as at least a semblance of adherence on the part of African-descended people. The baptism of adults, meanwhile, and the role of the godparent are examined to show integration and the complex nature of this unique religious phenomenon.

This dissertation attempts to fill the gap in the sociological literature at the intersection of religion and community by examining how local, urban Catholic churches shape and nurture multiple models of community commitment based on differing public-private dimensions of ritual practice and moral calls to action. For this study, I conducted 41 interviews with young adults ages 22-36 actively involved in one of three organizationally distinct Roman Catholic churches in downtown Boston: a parish church, operated by the Archdiocese of Boston; a service church, operated by a religious order of evangelical missionaries; and a Eucharistic shrine, operated by a liturgical order of devout priests and brothers. My empirical findings show that young adult Catholics gravitate towards churches that align with their conceptions of how Catholicism should be practiced based largely on patterns of parental socialization. Young adults who grew up in dual-Catholic-parent households are more likely to attend St. Cecilia’s diocesan parish or St. Clement’s Eucharistic Shrine. Young adults from families with only one active Catholic parent were more likely to attend The Paulist Center. The collective identity of young adult Catholics emerges from patterns of Catholic identity which are activated in church settings and defined through meaningful role identities established by the organizational framing accomplished by local clergy leadership. Young adult commitment to local churches may be explained through the interaction between their socialization into Catholic faith and its expression in organizational practices that resonate cognitively and emotionally. Ritual memory is tapped through the interaction of collective identities and institutional offerings that guide decision-making around church choice and commitment. Each institutional setting and respective community adapts its own modes of interaction to communicate the resonant message via social practices that result in active religious belonging. In addition, as previous research has shown, participation in church activities and strong social connections within congregations contribute to greater voluntarism and commitment in the larger community. The example of local Catholic churches highlights the importance of multidimensional social networks that can align collective identities with bespoke calls to action amid the evolving needs and aspirations of multiple groups and constituencies.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:36:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Luiza dos Santos Silva.pdf: 2614429 bytes, checksum: df7735f12f6b40b750b1fd7ff60173be (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-10-29 / SANTOS SILVA, Maria Luiza. Folia s kings of Corrêa family in Goianira: A religious grassroots manifestation. 2006. Dissertation (Master's degree) Institute Goiano of daily Pay-history and Anthropology, University Catholic of Goiás. Goiânia, 2006. In the research discoursed in this work, objective to inquire the universe where it surrounds the current events of the Folia s Kings of the Corrêa Family of the Goianira city. Initially, we approach on its concept, its geneses and consolidation in the popular Catholicism. Better to understand the historical context of begin of the Folia a Kings, we discourse on the popular Catholicism in Brazil, as well as its conflicts with the official Catholicism. We understand for official Catholicism that one seated in the ecclesiastical authority, having as center the sacramentos. Already the popular Catholicism is centered in the person of the layperson and has as religious nucleus the devotion to the saints. To analyze the Folia s Kings of the Corrêa we all made ethnography of the turn, analyzing its transformations, its relation between sacred and profane and the its system of social cohesion and solidarity. The analysis of these data comes strengthens the resistance of the popular Catholicism, today, coexisting of halfoptic form elements of the official Catholicism. For better to understand the Folia s Kings of the Corrêa de Goianira, we made a historical briefing of the origin of this city, with the arrival of the Pe. Pelágio, representing official Catholicism and, also, we rescue the origin of the family of the Corrêa, founder of the Folia s Kings in this city. / Na pesquisa discorrida neste trabalho, objetiva-se averiguar o universo em que circunda os eventos atuais da Folia de Reis da Família Corrêa do município de Goianira. Inicialmente, abordamos sobre seu conceito, sua gênese e consolidação no catolicismo popular. Para melhor compreender o contexto histórico da gênese da Folia de Reis, discorremos sobre o catolicismo popular no Brasil, bem como seus conflitos com o catolicismo oficial. Entendemos por catolicismo oficial aquele assentado na autoridade eclesiástica, tendo como centro os sacramentos. Já o catolicismo popular está centralizado na pessoa do leigo e tem como núcleo religioso a devoção aos santos. Para analisar a Folia de Reis dos Corrêa fizemos uma etnografia de todo o giro, analisando suas transformações, sua relação entre o sagrado e o profano e seu sistema de coesão social e solidariedade. A análise desses dados vem reforçam a resistência do catolicismo popular, hoje, convivendo de forma simbiótica com elementos do catolicismo oficial. Para melhor compreender a Folia de Reis dos Corrêa de Goianira, fizemos um breve histórico da origem dessa cidade, com a chegada do Pe. Pelágio, representando o catolicismo oficial e, também, resgatamos a origem da família dos Corrêa, fundadora da Folia de Reis neste município.

Este trabalho pretende analisar as relações de poder estabelecidas no interior de uma comunidade católica: a Paróquia de São Pedro de Vidigueiras, localizada na cidade de Teresópolis, Região Serrana do Rio de Janeiro. Para atingir tal objetivo realizo observação participante, análises comparativas e discussão com autores clássicos que abordam a questão do poder, principalmente Gramsci, Foucault, Bourdieu e Balandier. Entendo o poder como uma relação social. Nas relações de poder os sujeitos sociais buscam a construção da hegemonia (consenso estabelecido pela difusão ideológica) e/ou exercício da dominação (coerção pela violência). Os conflitos no campo religioso, ao menos no que tange à escala comunitária, possuem elementos característicos: a criação de símbolos, mitos, rituais, manutenção ou redefinição da memória coletiva e de concepções de mundo, o estabelecimento de redes de aliança etc. Portanto, faz-se necessário o estudo dos discursos e das praticas religiosas dos sujeitos e grupos constitutivos da comunidade, e dos mecanismos utilizados pelos mesmos para a construção da hegemonia. / This work intends to analyze the relationships of power established inside a Catholic community: the Parish of São Pedro de Vidigueiras, located in the city of Teresópolis, Highland Area of Rio de Janeiro. To reach such an objective I accomplish participant observation, comparative analyses and discussion with classic authors that approach the subject of the power, mainly Gramsci, Foucault, Bourdieu and Balandier. I understand the power as a social relationship. In the powers relationships the social actors look for the construction of the hegemony (established consensus for the ideological diffusion) and/or exercise of the dominance (coercion for the violence). The conflicts in the religious field, at least with respect to the community scale, they possess characteristic elements: the creation of symbols, myths, rituals, maintenance or redefinition of the collective memory and of world conceptions, the establishment of alliance nets etc. Therefore, it is done necessary the study of the speeches and of the you practice nuns of the subjects and constituent groups of the community, and of the mechanisms used by the same ones for the construction of the hegemony.

Este trabalho pretende analisar as relações de poder estabelecidas no interior de uma comunidade católica: a Paróquia de São Pedro de Vidigueiras, localizada na cidade de Teresópolis, Região Serrana do Rio de Janeiro. Para atingir tal objetivo realizo observação participante, análises comparativas e discussão com autores clássicos que abordam a questão do poder, principalmente Gramsci, Foucault, Bourdieu e Balandier. Entendo o poder como uma relação social. Nas relações de poder os sujeitos sociais buscam a construção da hegemonia (consenso estabelecido pela difusão ideológica) e/ou exercício da dominação (coerção pela violência). Os conflitos no campo religioso, ao menos no que tange à escala comunitária, possuem elementos característicos: a criação de símbolos, mitos, rituais, manutenção ou redefinição da memória coletiva e de concepções de mundo, o estabelecimento de redes de aliança etc. Portanto, faz-se necessário o estudo dos discursos e das praticas religiosas dos sujeitos e grupos constitutivos da comunidade, e dos mecanismos utilizados pelos mesmos para a construção da hegemonia. / This work intends to analyze the relationships of power established inside a Catholic community: the Parish of São Pedro de Vidigueiras, located in the city of Teresópolis, Highland Area of Rio de Janeiro. To reach such an objective I accomplish participant observation, comparative analyses and discussion with classic authors that approach the subject of the power, mainly Gramsci, Foucault, Bourdieu and Balandier. I understand the power as a social relationship. In the powers relationships the social actors look for the construction of the hegemony (established consensus for the ideological diffusion) and/or exercise of the dominance (coercion for the violence). The conflicts in the religious field, at least with respect to the community scale, they possess characteristic elements: the creation of symbols, myths, rituals, maintenance or redefinition of the collective memory and of world conceptions, the establishment of alliance nets etc. Therefore, it is done necessary the study of the speeches and of the you practice nuns of the subjects and constituent groups of the community, and of the mechanisms used by the same ones for the construction of the hegemony.