This thesis examines the interaction between religion and empire in Manchester between 1876 and 1899 with particular focus on the Catholic Church. The existing story of imperialism and religion in Manchester argues that by 1900 there existed a common imperial culture across all Churches. Whilst this is convincing, this thesis examines the Catholic story, which has not been substantially investigated before, and uncovers more varied reasons for imperial engagement, and differences in emphasis, than previously acknowledged.The struggle for elementary education has been seen as the dominant factor which led to a new confidence and political maturity amongst Catholics by the year 1900. This thesis shows how other decisions taken on a local level by Catholic hierarchies and laymen were also important. The thesis analyses the key role played by Bishop Vaughan of Salford and other clergy in the formation of the Manchester Geographical Society (MGS). The nature of the MGS is placed within the wider literature on geographical societies. The influence of religious figures on geographical societies and cultures of exploration in England, has been previously neglected. Vaughan's aims for involvement in the MGS were diverse, including the greater involvement of Catholics in civil society, a redefinition of the Catholic image, and a more closely defined role for Catholics in the British empire. The MGS emerges as a hybrid institution, of competing aims and values, rather than a commercial pressure group. The foundation by Bishop Vaughan of St. Bede's College in Manchester, for the Catholic middle class of the city, is then described. The technical and geographical education developed at the school, by Vaughan and Prefect of Studies Louis Charles Casartelli, was formulated to strengthen the commercial nature of the growing Catholic middle class, and in the longer term to aid both the assimilation of local Catholics into society, and to change the image of the faith to one which was engaged with aspects of the modern world and the wider empire. The museum at the school is also shown to have played a key role in redefining geography as a subject. Bishop Vaughan and Louis Charles Casartelli actively engaged with modern developments in Manchester, and aspects of contemporary society such as imperialism, exploration and commerce.No previous study has analysed St. Bede's College to any extent. This thesis uses the MGS Archive located at Greater Manchester County Record Office, many documents from which have never been analysed. Material is also used from the Church Lads' Brigade archive near Rotherham, and from St. Bede's College.

The New Evangelization (NE) is a recent development in the Catholic Church. It seeks to preserve, restore, and re-invigorate Catholic religious identity in the face of what it perceives to be a dominance of secular values. This proselytization program instigates personal religiosity among adherents in the hopes of forming an evangelical Catholic identity. However, little is known of the processes and discourses of Catholic evangelization, especially among young people in Canada. This thesis responds to the main question: How are young people engaging and interpreting evangelical modes of religious and socio-political identity, and integrating or negotiating this worldview within a pluralist Canadian society? This research, therefore, focuses on an annual summer Catholic youth conference called Journey to the Father as a case study that sheds light on the dissemination of Catholic perspectives, the development of a personal and charismatic religious experience, and the instigation of an evangelical impetus in young Catholic participants. Using participant observation and semi-structured interviews with both the adult organizers (ages 18 and older) and young participants (ages 13–18) in Journey to the Father, this research examines the processes of identity formation through affective and experiential religiosity, and the formulation of a minority identity politics among young Catholics within a diverse Canada. It also takes into account the correlation between an evangelical Catholic worldview and young people, spelling out different reflections on religion and society, experience and agency. This research emphasizes how young people negotiate (i.e. appropriate or negate) evangelical Catholic values and charismatic religious experience when forming their social, political, and religious identities, in order to gain an understanding of their socio-political position within a diverse Canadian society.

Esta pesquisa, que tem como tema a influência da Igreja Católica no atual contexto histórico-social do Timor-Leste, foi realizada entre junho de 2008 e agosto de 2010. O Timor-Leste, localizado no Sudeste Asiático, após quatro séculos de ocupação portuguesa e 24 anos de dominação indonésia tornou-se independente em 2002. A Igreja Católica, uma das instituições mais antigas do país que chegou ao Timor no século XVI junto com os primeiros navegadores portugueses, reivindica para si um papel de destaque na proteção do povo durante os anos de conflito entre a guerrilha e o exército indonésio, e no processo que levou a independência. Para o trabalho de campo, através da observação participante, concentrei as minhas analises entre os Humangili, grupo etnolinguístico com aproximadamente duas mil pessoas, falantes do Hresuk e moradores da ilha de Ataúro. Ao contrário do restante do Timor, a Igreja Católica chegou a Ataúro somente depois das quatro primeiras décadas do século XX. Em Humangili, todas as pessoas são cristãs, sendo seguidoras da Igreja Católica ou da Assembleia de Deus, porém algumas práticas que evocam os espíritos dos antepassados e da natureza ainda persistem nos dias de hoje. O objetivo deste estudo é analisar a relação entre o catolicismo e o sistema de crenças e práticas de culto aos ancestrais e aos espíritos da natureza. Dividi este trabalho em quatro capítulos onde, pelo viés da religião, analiso as dinâmicas políticas, econômicas, os arranjos de casamento e o significado de conversão para os Humangili. Na última parte, apresento um dicionário de Hresuk-Português, como uma tentativa de preservar esta forma oral de comunicação. / The present research, which has as its theme the influence of the Catholic Church in the current socio-historical context of Timor-Leste, was carried out between June 2008 and August 2010. Timor-Leste, located in South East Asia, became independent in 2002 after four centuries of Portuguese occupation and 24 years of Indonesian domination. The Catholic Church, one of the oldest institutions of the country, arriving in Timor on the seventeeth century with the first Portuguese sailors, reclaims to itself a distinguishing role in the protection of people during the years of conflict between the guerrilla and the Indonesian army and in the process that led to its independence. In order to carry out my field work through observing-participation, I focused my analysis amongst the Humangili, an ethno-linguistic group, which has approximately 2,000 people, who are speakers of Hresuk and are inhabitants of Ataúro Island. Contrary to the rest of Timor, the Catholic Church arrived in Ataúro only after the first four decades of the twentieth century. In Humangili, all of the people are Christian and are followers either of the Catholic Church or of the Assembly of God, though certain practices that evoke the spirits of the forefathers and of nature persist until today. The purpose of this research is to analyse the relation between Catholicism and the practices of cult to the forefathers and to the spirits of nature. I divided this work into four chapters where, through the lens of religion, I analyse the political and economic dynamics, marriage arrangements and the meaning of conversion to the Humangili. In the last part, I present a Hresuk-Portuguese dictionary as an attempt to preserve this oral form of communication.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2015-12-03T17:04:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 andiarabarbosaneder.pdf: 4607326 bytes, checksum: f7319920c4b2c24c45a43ab965d22dc0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2015-12-03T21:29:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 andiarabarbosaneder.pdf: 4607326 bytes, checksum: f7319920c4b2c24c45a43ab965d22dc0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-03T21:29:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 andiarabarbosaneder.pdf: 4607326 bytes, checksum: f7319920c4b2c24c45a43ab965d22dc0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-24 / Esta pesquisa visa demonstrar que a Folia de Reis, enquanto uma manifestação devocional católica, compreende em seu interior influências tanto lusitanas como africanas. Ela faz parte de uma religião plástica e fagocitária, o Catolicismo Santorial, fruto do encontro cultural ocorrido no Brasil. Apesar de a Folia ser uma expressão popular de grande relevância no cenário da Zona da Mata Mineira, de maneira especial em Leopoldina, existem poucos trabalhos que se debruçam sobre uma discussão crítica que se baliza pela influência de heranças africanas sobre essa manifestação popular. Ao realizar uma análise baseada em um passado marcado pela presença expressiva dos negros, percebe-se principalmente na figura do palhaço traços das heranças africanas, assim como a crença no sobrenatural e no poder dos terreiros revelados nas palavras dos foliões. Esta pesquisa busca a compreensão de como se articulam nesse contexto crenças, práticas, devoções, lógicas e preceitos, no sentido de mover foliões e devotos a dinâmica da reprodução e recriação contínua da tradição. Para tal, analiso três grupos leopoldinenses: Folia da Serra, Folia dos Colodinos, e Folia da Maú. Esta pesquisa se baliza pela busca da produção de um conhecimento que possa contribuir para o enriquecimento teórico-disciplinar, não se limitando a apenas descrições, mas também elencando problematizações acerca do tema. Dessa forma, podendo ser um auxílio no preenchimento de uma lacuna no interior de uma literatura deficiente no que tange o estudo da expressividade da Folia de Reis no município de Leopoldina, como uma prática religiosa e cultural do Catolicismo Santorial permeada por influências das culturas africanas. Portanto, à luz dessas análises a tradição será tratada como um elemento vivo em Leopoldina, em constante mutação e resignificação, que trilha um caminho coerente com a modernidade e não em oposição a ela. / This research aims to demonstrate that the Revelry of Kings, as a Catholic devotional manifestation, comprises inside it both Lusitanian and African influences. It is part of a plastic and phagocytic religion, the Catholicism focused on the saints, called “Santorial” Catholicism, result of the cultural meeting held in Brazil. Although the Revelry be a popular expression of great relevance in the scenario of Zona da Mata at Minas Gerais, especially in Leopoldina, there are few studies that focus on a critical discussion marked out by the influence of African heritage on this popular manifestation. When performing an analysis based on a past marked by the significant presence of blacks, it is noticed mainly in the figure of the clown traits of African heritage as well as the belief in the supernatural and in the power of the yards revealed in the words of the revelers. This research seeks to understand how beliefs, practices, devotions, logical and precepts are articulated in this context, in order to move revelers and devotees the dynamics of reproduction and continuous recreation of the tradition. For this purpose, I analyze three groups from Leopoldina: Revelry of Serra, Revelry of Colodinos, and Revelry of Maú. This research is marked out by the pursuance of producing a knowledge that can contribute to the theoretical-disciplinary enrichment, not limited to only descriptions, but also specifying problematizations concerning to the subject. Thereby, it can be an aid in filling a gap within a deficient literature regarding the study of the expressiveness of the Revelry of Kings in Leopoldina’s city, as a religious and cultural practice of “Santorial” Catholicism permeated by African cultures’ influences. Therefore, in light of these analyses the tradition will be treated as a living element in Leopoldina, constantly changing and reframing, which makes a coherent path with modernity, not in opposition to it.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-01-25T13:11:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 thiagorodriguestavares.pdf: 2612002 bytes, checksum: bf1572d41b9d33e10c19f9c5d6b42efe (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-01-25T19:32:37Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 thiagorodriguestavares.pdf: 2612002 bytes, checksum: bf1572d41b9d33e10c19f9c5d6b42efe (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-25T19:32:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 thiagorodriguestavares.pdf: 2612002 bytes, checksum: bf1572d41b9d33e10c19f9c5d6b42efe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-25 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Partindo da reflexão sobre a relação da sociedade com a sua religiosidade e a questão da finitude do Homem, esta dissertação aborda as atitudes dos vivos frente à morte. No catolicismo a morte é compreendida como uma passagem de um mundo para outro havendo obrigações entre vivos e mortos, esses últimos se encontrando em um momento de liminaridade. Cabe aos vivos a preparação do ritual de passagem que proporcione a transição tranquila do morto, sua alma deverá seguir em direção ao seu destino final, rumo a outra vida, outra margem. Empiricamente, tal questão será observada a partir da compreensão dos rituais funerários da cidade de Presidente Kubitschek no Vale do Jequitinhonha e da apreciação do Jubileu de São Miguel e Almas no Cemitério do Peixe, ambos em Minas Gerais. Assim, a partir de métodos etnográficos e da realização de entrevistas com base na metodologia de História oral, esta pesquisa busca esclarecer os rituais de passagem presentes numa vivência popular do catolicismo e as possíveis transformações nas atitudes dos Homens diante da morte – essas se referem às relações estabelecidas entre os vivos e destes com os mortos e as almas. Tal elo é constituído antes, durante e após os rituais fúnebres. Verificou-se que o momento da morte se destaca na vivência popular do catolicismo, no qual o rito coletivo tem extrema importância, pois é o elo entre familiares, vizinhos e amigos. Conclui-se que são nesses momentos em que todos estão juntos que fazem com que qualquer ritual coletivo seja um momento de sociabilidade, solidariedade e festa. / Starting from reflections about the relationship among society, it's religiosity and the finitude of men, this work intends to approach the attitudes of the living in face of death. In Catholicism death is understood as a passage from one world to another, establishing obligations between the living and the dead, the latter being in a moment of liminarity. It is the living's responsability to prepare a rite of passage which grants a tranquil transition of the dead; it's soul must, then, move towards it's final ending, towards another life, another border. Empirically, this matter will be observed from the observation of funerary rituals in the city of Presidente Kubitschek, in Vale do Jequitinhonha, and from the apreciation of Jubileu de São Miguel das Almas in the Cemitério do Peixe, both in Minas Gerias, Brazil. Thus, from the Ethnographic method, this research will clarify the existing rites of passage in the experience of popular Catholicism and the possible transformations in the attitudes of men towards death – these reffer to the relationships established among the living, and among them and the dead and the souls. Such link is constituted before, during and after the death rituals. It was verified that the moment of death outstands in the popular experience of Catholicism, where the collective rite has the uttermost importance, for it is the link among family, neighbours and friends. It is concluded that these precise moments, when everybody is together, are the ones that makes rite a moment of sociability, solidarity and festivity.

Mehr als 50.000 Besucher kamen 2014 zum Deutschen Katholikentag in Regensburg. Die Großveranstaltung ist dabei nicht nur eine religiöse Veranstaltung für Katholiken, sie hat auch einen starken gesellschaftspolitischen Bezug und ist offen für Andersgläubige und Nichtgläubige. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellt sich die Frage, was dessen Attraktivität ausmacht. Welche sozialen Gruppen zieht der Katholikentag an? Aus welchen Gründen besuchen die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer ihn? Sind die Besucher religiös, eher politisch motiviert oder beides? Ist der Katholikentag insbesondere für junge und vielleicht gar nicht so besonders religiöse Menschen ein Spaßevent? Verliert der Katholikentag deshalb seinen traditionellen Charakter? Auf Grundlage einer religionssoziologischen Befragung zum 99. Deutschen Katholikentag in Regensburg werden Aussagen über die Besuchsmotive, die Wünsche bezüglich der Ausgestaltung des Katholikentags, die religiöse Praxis seiner Teilnehmer, deren freiwilliges kirchliches und außerkirchliches Engagement sowie über die soziale Herkunft der Besucher gemacht. Damit liegt ein einmaliges empirisches Material vor, welches die Debatten um religiöse Pluralisierung, Säkularisierung und Individualisierung anreichert.

Between Cross and Hammer. Reception of Social Thought in the Catholic Church during the First Half of the 20th Century ABSTRACT The thesis examines the construction, development, transfer, and adaptation of Catholic social thought in the first half of the 20th century. Social Catholicism is understood not only as a concept defined by the social teachings of the Church in the form of encyclicals, but primarily as a collective social practice present in society in various forms. From this perspective the thesis contributes to the debate around the secularization discourse and the role of religion in modern society. The analysis of the Social Catholic movement is done in two different national contexts: Belgium and Czechoslovakia. Comparative method finds its place dominantly in the second part of the study, which puts together the network of Social Catholic organizations and different actors in both countries. The focus on the discourse and social practices of Social Catholicism and Catholics' involvement among the working class tries to reinforce connections and links within ecclesiastical, social, and cultural history. Jakub ŠTOFANÍK

This study argues that Catholicism informs a major genre of African American literature in ways and with a significance that has gone largely unrecognized. Since their emergence in the 1960s and 1970s, contemporary narratives of slavery have challenged the traditional historiography of American slavery, radically revising how we remember that "peculiar institution." These fictional works disrupt the form and content of slave autobiography, suggesting that the conventions of Enlightenment rationalism to which antebellum texts were bound could not adequately represent the experience of enslavement. Scholarship on the genre has thus tended to focus on the way it undermines the rationalizing impulse of Enlightenment discourse, which in the U.S. as well as in Europe was determined by the ideals of the Protestant Reformation. But while the scholarly attention to Protestantism has yielded valuable insights regarding the contemporary slave narrative’s critique of the "unreason" of slavery, it cannot account for the striking presence of the Catholic themes and images at the margins of these texts that this dissertation uncovers, nor for the way that the religion is imaginatively linked to radical moments of historical revision. I argue that Catholicism undergirds the imaginative ways the genre expresses the inexpressible horror of enslavement and the legacy of those horrors in the present day. Because of its historical association with irrationality, superstition, and an aberrant supernaturalism, Catholicism is thus marshaled—with justified political hesitation—in the contemporary slave narrative as an oppositional category of discourse through which African American authors break with the historiographical methods of the Enlightenment and, in particular, with the rationalization of slavery characterizing the period. Chapter One analyzes two novels by Toni Morrison, Beloved and A Mercy, and her concept of "rememory." In Chapter Two, I examine the trope of spirit possession in Ernest Gaines's The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Leon Forrest’s Two Wings to Veil My Face. My final two chapters address temporal disjuncture in contemporary narratives of slavery: Chapter Three comprises readings of Phyllis Alesia Perry’s Stigmata and Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tale, while in Chapter Four I focus on Edward P. Jones’s The Known World. / 2017-11-18T00:00:00Z

This diploma thesis deals with Catholicism in Poland and its permeation through the Polish national identity. The introductory chapter characterizes the concept of identity Polak-Katolik and its individual aspects that co-create this concept, as a rate of religiosity; the interconnection of Catholicism with polish statehood; Christianity as a part of national identity and historical events during which the Polak-Katolik connection was strengthened. Although the Polak- Katolik model was created in the 19th century, the roots of this connection can be observed from the beginnings of the Polish history to the present. The thesis then focuses in more detail on selected historical milestones in Polish history, which shows, how the elements of Catholicism permeated into the identity of Poles. The thesis assumes that the permeation of polish-catholic occurred mainly in critical periods. Therefore, for the purposes of the work, mainly events were selected when the existence of the Polish nation was threatened and faith together with the Roman Catholic Church played significant role in its preservation, such as during the siege of the monastery in Czenstochowa, the period of polish partition and the period of communism. The final chapter deals with the current situation of Catholicism in Poland, the...

This thesis is dealing with the ways in which were reflected marxism and communism in the czech exile catholic magazine "Studie", that had been published in Rome in the period 1958-1990. In addition outlines the issues of the czechoslovak exile in the second half of the twenties century. This thesis also discusses the exile waves that occurred in 1948 and 1968. Particular attention is paid to the issue of catholic exile. As part of the activities of exile are discussed mainly its literary activities. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)