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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Modernidade e Catolicismo: o episcopado de Dom José Medeiros Delgado no Ceará (1963-1973) / Modern and catholicism: the episcopate of Don José Delgado de Medeiros no Ceará (1963-1973)

PORTO, Márcio de Souza January 2014 (has links)
PORTO, Márcio de Souza. Modernidade e Catolicismo: o episcopado de Dom José Medeiros Delgado no Ceará (1963-1973). 2014. 241f. – Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia, Fortaleza (CE), 2014. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-03-28T17:10:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2014-TESE-MSPORTO.pdf: 11996772 bytes, checksum: e34d8494b601d043ac74c63ec83a92a0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-04-01T11:12:00Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2014-TESE-MSPORTO.pdf: 11996772 bytes, checksum: e34d8494b601d043ac74c63ec83a92a0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-04-01T11:12:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2014-TESE-MSPORTO.pdf: 11996772 bytes, checksum: e34d8494b601d043ac74c63ec83a92a0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / In Brazil, the modernizing impact of the 1950s and 1960s and the victory of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, has produced fears within the conservative sectors of Brazilian society, especially for the Catholic church. In these years, two perspectives of interpretation about those signs of modernity had been solidified and radicalized: one from liberal hue which argued that the Church should be open to new times; another, inherently conservative, was articulated in order to disqualifying efforts on update and insertion of the Church on problematic of Brazilian reality. The first stream, was named the "Catholic Left" for defending theses that could cause disruptions in the socioeconomic structure that kept the country in the list of underdeveloped nations and has its origin in movements led by bishops, priests and laity, especially from the Northeast, such as "Movement from Natal", the creation of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) and the "Basic Education Movement". At that historical moment, the Second Vatican Council, convened by Pope John XXIII, assumes before the Catholic Church a position of openness, dialogue with the world and challenge of an aggiornamento, inspiring new designs to Catholicism, corroborating, somehow, some actions already developed by pastoral from Church in Brazil, especially in the Northeast. The main scope of this thesis is to narrate the major social, political and pastoral issues that marked the passing of Don Jose de Medeiros Delgado by Archbishop of Fortaleza, between the 1960s and 1970s decades. / No Brasil o impacto modernizador das décadas de 1950 e 1960 e a vitória da Revolução Cubana em 1959, produziram temores no seio dos setores conservadores da sociedade brasileira, em especial para a Igreja Católica. Nesses anos, solidificaram-se e radicalizaram-se duas perspectivas de interpretação daqueles sinais da modernidade: uma, de matiz liberal defendia que a Igreja deveria ser aberta aos novos tempos; outra, de natureza conservadora, articulava-se no sentido de desqualificar os esforços de atualização e de inserção da Igreja nas problemáticas da realidade brasileira. A primeira corrente, passou a ser denominada de “esquerda católica” por defender teses capazes de provocar rupturas na estrutura socioeconômica que mantinha o país no rol das nações subdesenvolvidas e tem sua origem em movimentos liderados por bispos, padres e leigos, principalmente da região Nordeste, tais como o Movimento de Natal, a criação da Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (CNBB) e o Movimento de Educação de Base. Naquele momento histórico, o Concílio Vaticano II, convocado por João XXIII assume diante da Igreja uma posição de abertura, de diálogo com o mundo e de provocação de um aggiornamento, inspirando novos desenhos para o catolicismo, corroborando, de certa forma, algumas ações já desenvolvidas pelas pastorais da Igreja no Brasil, em especial a do Nordeste. O escopo principal desta tese é narrar as principais questões sociais, políticas e pastorais que marcaram a passagem de Dom José de Medeiros Delgado pelo arcebispado de Fortaleza, entre as décadas de1960 e 1970. Palavras-chave: Catolicismo brasileiro; Concílio Vaticano II; História da Igreja Católica.
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Luciano José Cabral Duarte e as ressonâncias do Concílio Vaticano II, em Sergipe (1962-1971) / Luciano José Cabral Duarte and the resonances of the Second Vatican Council, in Sergipe (1962-1971)

Silva, Eduardo Augusto Santos 10 March 2017 (has links)
The Catholic Church summoned ecumenical councils since the early days of Christianity. These assemblies bring together Christian bishops from around the world to discuss problematic issues for the institution. At the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council (1962- 1965), it officialized its change of position with regard to the questioning of the modern, increasingly urban, industrial and secularized society of the twentieth century, which progressively renounced living the moral of Judeo-Christian origin. In Brazil, and especially in Sergipe, we analyze the impact of the diffusion of these modern values throughout the first half of the twentieth century, stimulated by the mass media, such as radio. In this context, the Sergipe population received the announcement that Pope John XXIII would hold a new Ecumenical Council in the Vatican in Rome. The purpose of John XXIII was to promote a renewal (aggiornamento) in the Catholic Church through dialogue with modernity and also to seek a rapprochement with the dissident Christian groups of Roman Catholicism. The then priest Luciano José Cabral Duarte, although not yet a bishop, followed that event in his own way, as a reporter for the national circulation magazine, O Cruzeiro and the newspaper aracajuano, A Cruzada. Thus he described the main activities of the Council and through his texts a great number of Brazilians had access to the main discussions of the Second Vatican Council. In 1966, Luciano Duarte was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Aracaju, in the administration of Dom José Távora. In fulfilling this function, it was also up to the then Don Luciano to help in the process of implementing the conciliar guidelines in Sergipe. Thus, the main objective of this research is to discuss the Second Vatican Council as a historical event of significant impact in the modern society of the Western world and specifically in Brazil during the twentieth century. In addition, to investigate the effects of the conciliar guidelines in / and for Sergipe, through the study of part of the life trajectory of Luciano Duarte, both as journalist correspondent during the Second Vatican Council (1962- 1965) and as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Aracaju (1966-1971). / A Igreja Católica convoca concílios ecumênicos desde os primórdios do cristianismo. Essas assembleias reúnem os bispos cristãos de todo o mundo com o objetivo de deliberarem sobre aspectos problemáticos para a instituição. No Concílio Ecumênico Vaticano II (1962-1965), ela oficializou sua mudança de postura com relação aos questionamentos da sociedade moderna do século XX, cada vez mais urbana, industrial e secularizada, que progressivamente renunciava a vivência da moral de origem judaico-cristã. No Brasil e, principalmente, em Sergipe, analisamos o impacto da difusão desses valores modernos, ao longo da primeira metade do século XX, estimulados pelos meios de comunicação de massa, como o rádio. Nesse contexto, a população sergipana recebeu o anúncio de que o papa João XXIII realizaria um novo Concílio Ecumênico no Vaticano, em Roma. O objetivo de João XXIII era promover uma renovação (aggiornamento) na Igreja Católica através do diálogo com a modernidade e também buscar uma reaproximação com os grupos cristãos dissidentes do catolicismo romano. O então padre Luciano José Cabral Duarte, embora ainda não fosse bispo, acompanhou aquele evento a sua maneira, enquanto repórter da revista, de circulação nacional, O Cruzeiro e do jornal aracajuano, A Cruzada. Assim, ele descreveu as principais atividades conciliares e, através de seus textos, grande parte dos brasileiros tiveram acesso às principais discussões do Concílio Vaticano II. Em 1966, Luciano Duarte foi nomeado bispo auxiliar da Arquidiocese de Aracaju, na administração de Dom José Távora. Ao desempenhar esta função, também coube ao então Dom Luciano ajudar no processo de implantação das orientações conciliares em Sergipe. Dessa forma, o objetivo principal dessa pesquisa é discutir o Concílio Vaticano II, como um evento histórico de impacto significativo na sociedade moderna do mundo ocidental e, especificamente, no Brasil durante o século XX. Além disso, investigar os efeitos das orientações conciliares em/e para Sergipe, através do estudo de parte da trajetória de vida de Luciano Duarte, tanto como correspondente jornalístico durante o Concílio Vaticano II (1962-1965) e enquanto bispo auxiliar da arquidiocese de Aracaju (1966-1971).
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"Verbalização do sagrado" em tempos de fronteira: a recepção do Concílio Vaticano II no Maranhão, 1959-1979 / Verbalization of sacared in frontiers time: the reception of II Vatican Concil in Maranhão, 1959-1979

Santos, Sérgio Ricardo Coutinho dos 11 August 2015 (has links)
Submitted by Marlene Santos (marlene.bc.ufg@gmail.com) on 2016-09-09T19:30:47Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Sérgio Ricardo Coutinho dos Santos - 2015.pdf: 2901472 bytes, checksum: f042c12a495f0d1510c81a9b983fac82 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2016-09-12T14:24:06Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Sérgio Ricardo Coutinho dos Santos - 2015.pdf: 2901472 bytes, checksum: f042c12a495f0d1510c81a9b983fac82 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-12T14:24:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Sérgio Ricardo Coutinho dos Santos - 2015.pdf: 2901472 bytes, checksum: f042c12a495f0d1510c81a9b983fac82 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-11 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This study look into the participation of the bishops of Maranhão in the Second Vatican Council (1959-1965) and how they did, along with other social and ecclesial actors, the reception of this ecclesial event in their “local Churches” (diocesis). This process, within a context of expansion of “economic frontier” and formation of a new oligarchic domination in the conduct of regional and local politics, led by José Sarney, between the years 1959 and 1979. The chronological marking will the convening of Vatican II until the holding of IIIª General Conference of Latin American Bishops in Puebla (Mexico). Our theoretical and methodological proposal revolves around the concepts of “frontier” (José de Souza Martins), of “historical consciousness” (Jörn Russen), of “historicity regime” (Reinhart Koselleck and François Hartog), and “communicative action” and “post-conventional moral conscience” (Jürgen Habermas and Lawrence Kohlberg). The "Vatican II" event and its reception by the subjects-agents (bishops, priests, religious, pastoral workers and lay people) of the local Churches (diocesis) in Maranhão, allowed greater reflective socialization within the lived world (“verbalization of the sacred”), relying on the resources of the discussion. And so, it made in the perspective of action oriented to mutual understanding, and hinged on two principles of ecclesiastical organization: the episcopal collegiality and the base of synodality. Thus, the Catholic Church in Maranhão took on a new historical consciousness: the post-conventional. / Este trabalho procurou se debruçar sobre a participação dos bispos do Maranhão no Concílio Vaticano II (1959-1965) e como fizeram, juntamente com outros atores sociais e eclesiais, a recepção deste evento eclesial em suas “Igrejas locais” (dioceses). Processo este, dentro de um contexto de expansão da “fronteira econômica” e de formação de uma nova dominação oligárquica na condução da política regional e local, liderado por José Sarney, entre os anos de 1959 e 1979. O balizamento cronológico vai da convocação do Concílio Vaticano II até a realização da IIIª Conferência Geral do Episcopado Latino-americano, em Puebla (México). Nossa proposta teórico-metodológica gira em torno dos conceitos de “fronteira” (José de Souza Martins), de “consciência histórica” (Jörn Rüssen), de “regime de historicidade” (Reinhart Koselleck e François Hartog), e de “ação comunicativa” e “consciência moral pós-convencional” (Jürgen Habermas e Lawrence Kohlberg). O evento “Vaticano II” e sua recepção pelos sujeitos-agentes (bispos, padres, religiosas, agentes de pastoral leigos e leigas) das Igrejas-locais (dioceses), no Maranhão, possibilitou uma maior socialização reflexiva no seio do mundo vivido (“verbalização do sagrado”), apoiando-se nos recursos da discussão. E desta forma, efetuou-se na perspectiva do agir orientado a intercompreensão, e articulados em dois princípios de organização eclesial: pela colegialidade episcopal e pela sinodalidade de base. Assim, a Igreja Católica no Maranhão assumiu uma nova consciência histórica: a pós-convencional.
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Kněžské bratrstvo svatého Pia X. / The Society of Saint Pius X

Milata, Jan January 2015 (has links)
9 Summary The SSPX is a society of Roman Catholic priests, who aren't organized in any religious order, however, it's organization is similar to many religious orders. As its mission the SSPX consider the defense of a catholic priesthood, the Tridentine Mass and the true doctrine of the Church against danger, which supposedly affected the Church after the Second Vatican Council. The SSPX was established in 1970 and its center became Ecône Seminary in Switzerland. Hereafter, a wider informal group of Catholics, who were unsatisfied with an evolution of the Church, formed around the Society. The members of this group attended masses, celebrated by SSPX priests. This group had united more after a breakup between the SSPX and superiors of the Catholic church, which was caused by an illicit ordinations of a priests and following excommunication of a founder, archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, and his nearest fellows in 1988. From that point, these believers are forming to some kind of congregations similar to parishes, but which are unofficial and improvised. These activities, as well as a sacraments celebrated by SSPX priests, are unacceptable in a catholic canon law system (however, these sacraments are valid, if they were already celebrated!). The ethos of this society is conservative - both in a relation to...
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Kněžské bratrstvo sv. Pia X. v současné české diskusi o odkazu Druhého vatikánského koncilu / The Society of St. Pius X in current czech discussion about the legacy of Vatican II

Milata, Jan January 2016 (has links)
The SSPX is a community of non-monastic priests with a structure similar to that of many religious orders. It was founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Its pro- gram is to defend traditional Catholic values against the danger supposedly represented by the reforms initiated by the Second Vatican Council. A wider community of Catholics disagreeing with developments in the Church was formed around the SSPX. Following the breakup of the SSPX with the leadership of the Church in 1988, this community gained strength and a character of a certain denomination. The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) carried out a lot of changes, many of which have not yet been fully implemented. They concern the liturgy, pastoral care, interpretation of Scripture, and theology studies, among other issues. The common denominator of the con- ciliar reforms was to make the proclamation of Christ more comprehensible to modern man and make many things in the church consistent with the spirit of the Gospel and early Chris- tian tradition. The most significant shifts, initiated by the council, were the new approaches to ecumenism, to principle of religious freedom and to interfaith dialogue. Many circles in the Church, however, considered these changes as grinding the truths of faith; these Cath- olics began to be...
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Proměny diskurzů českého katolického exilu v Itálii 1962-1969 / Discursive Transformation during the Czech Catholic Exile in Italy 1962-1969

Blažek, Ondřej January 2017 (has links)
This thesis deals with events during the Czech Catholic exile in Italy with a focus on the 1960's. It provides a closer look at the institutional and discursive changes that took place at the time of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and the subsequent stay of Cardinal Josef Beran in Rome (1965-1969). The work focuses mainly on the development of the publishing house Christian Academy, the Velehrad Center and the Nepomucenum Papal College where the leading figures of Czech Catholic exile, mostly priests, worked. By using the method of historical discourse analysis the work studies how the pro-conciliary orientation which defined itself in opposition towards conservative tendency in the Church became increasingly predominant in the exile environment. Last but not least, the work also shows how the form of Catholic exile discourse in Italy was influenced by the changing relationship between papal diplomacy and Communist Czechoslovakia.
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Prorocký model katecheze jako reakce na otázky naší doby / Prophetic model of catechesis as a response to the questions of our time

Krbec, Jan January 2019 (has links)
The Diploma thesis "Prophetic model of catechesis as a response to the questions of our time" examines the theme of the historical-prophetic model of catechesis. The study part of the work looks at the model in the context of the biblical concept of prophecy consummated in the personality of Jesus of Nazareth and as one of the manifestations of the participation of those baptised in Christ's prophetic office, realised in the evangelical mission of the Church. His sensitivity to social challenges, the emphasis laid on small Christian communities, and the entitlement to Christian engagement are viewed within the scope of the Social Doctrine of the Church and its development after the Second Vatican Council. The authorial part of the work presents original catechesis to the current social topic, read through the prism of gospel and Christian belief. The objective of the work is to show how the historical-prophetic model of catechesis can help adult believers understand the "signs of the times" and contribute to the growth of Christian community. The objective is to be achieved by submitting the topic to the members of two small communities and evaluating the results of the meeting.
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[en] A MAN FOR OTHERS: PEDRO ARRUPE S TRINITARIAN MYSTIC AND ITS IMPACT ON THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ECCLESIAL RENEW / [pt] HOMEM PARA OS OUTROS: A MÍSTICA TRINITÁRIA DE PEDRO ARRUPE E SEU IMPACTO NA RENOVAÇÃO ECLESIAL DOS SÉCULOS XX E XXI

MARIA DE LOURDES DA FONSECA FREIRE NORBERTO 21 October 2022 (has links)
[pt] Homem para os outros: a mística trinitária de Pedro Arrupe e seu impacto na renovação eclesial dos séculos XX e XXI propõe a ressignificação da mística para os dias de hoje a partir da sua vida e missão. Este jesuíta, assim como outros místicos contemporâneos – Simone Weil, Etty Hillesum, Thomas Merton e Christian de Chergé – deixaram sua marca no século passado e são ainda hoje testemunho real da possibilidade de instalação do Reino de Deus na história. Todos esses místicos contemporâneos e também outros, alimentados por uma profunda experiência do inefável, foram fonte de luz e esperança para o mundo, mesmo em condições extremas de sofrimento. Pedro Arrupe viveu em um momento conturbado na história, atravessado pelas duas Grandes Guerras e pela Guerra Fria. Em sua época, também a Igreja enfrentava tempos de tensão interna tentando se adequar às mudanças de aggiornamento propostas pelo Concílio Vaticano II. Como Superior Geral da Companhia de Jesus, alimentado por uma mística particular e profunda, entendeu como sua a tarefa de colaborar com a proposta conciliar de abertura ao mundo. Sua vida foi um exemplo de doação aos outros e, entre as frentes de luta que assumiu, estão o compromisso da fé com a justiça e o diálogo com a cultura e as demais religiões, com atenção especial à questão dos refugiados e migrantes. Arrupe é considerado por muitos um profeta, além de seu tempo, e como tal foi incompreendido. As sementes que plantou, no entanto, frutificaram e encontraram solo fértil em muitos que conviveram ou foram mobilizados por ele. Um exemplo, é o próprio papa Francisco, também jesuíta e formado na mesma espiritualidade, que a partir da mesma base bíblica tenta hoje implementar pautas que foram caras a seu antigo superior. / [en] A Man for Others: Pedro Arrupe s trinitarian mystic and its impact on the twentieth and twenty-first century ecclesial renewal proposes the resignification of mystic for today s world based on his life and mission. The Jesuit priest Arrupe, as many other contemporary mystics, such as Simone Weil, Etty Hillusum, Thomas Merton and Christian de Chergé – left their mark on the last century and, even today, bear real witness to the possibilities of the establishment of God’s Reign in history. Those contemporary mystics, among others, fed by a deep experience of the ineffable, were sources of light and hope for the world, even in conditions of extreme suffering. Pedro Arrupe lived through a troubled moment in history, marked by World War I and World War II and by the Cold War. During his lifetime, even the Church faced periods of internal tension trying to adapt itself to the aggiornamento changes brought about by the Second Vatican Council. While serving as the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, supported by his own deep and private mystic, he took upon himself the task to collaborate with the Second Vatican Council proposal to open the Church to the world. His life was an example of commitment to working for those in need, and, among many of the battle fronts he had to face, we can mention the promotion of faith with justice and the dialog with other cultures and religions, with special emphasis on the plight of refugees and migrants. Arrupe is considered by many as a prophet ahead of his time, and, as such, often misunderstood. However, the seeds he planted did bear fruit and found fertile soil in many people that knew him and those who were touched by him. Pope Francis is a good example. He is also a Jesuit who shares the same spirituality, and tries to implement, based on the same Biblical basis, the guidelines that were dear to his former Superior General.
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«Tu ne tueras plus!» : une étude du processus de «recivilisation» de la société ouest-allemande d’après les catéchismes catholiques (1945-1970)

Gagné, Martin 08 1900 (has links)
Chez les historiens qui se sont consacrés à l’étude de l’Allemagne contemporaine, plusieurs considèrent qu’en perpétrant un crime aussi barbare que la Shoah, le Troisième Reich a provoqué une « rupture de civilisation » (Zivilisationsbruch) au sein de l’histoire occidentale. En règle générale, ces spécialistes ont réfléchi sur le sens ainsi que sur les implications historiques et philosophiques de cet événement pour le monde contemporain. Peu d’entre eux, toutefois, se sont intéressés au pendant de cette « rupture de civilisation » : le processus de « recivilisation » qui a été à l’œuvre dans la société ouest-allemande au cours des premières décennies d’après-guerre. Caractérisé par le rejet de la violence et du militarisme, par la restauration des normes élémentaires de la civilité ainsi que par l’importance croissante accordée à des valeurs telles que la démocratie et le respect des droits de la personne, ce processus permet en grande partie d’expliquer comment, en à peine deux décennies, les Allemands de l’Ouest ont réussi à édifier un État stable et démocratique sur les ruines d’une dictature génocidaire. En étudiant la présentation du Décalogue dans les catéchismes catholiques, ce mémoire cherche à déterminer le rôle attribué aux prescriptions morales de nature religieuse dans le processus de « recivilisation » de la société ouest-allemande. Il se propose de montrer qu’au cours des années 1950 et 1960, les catéchismes catholiques publiés en RFA ont présenté de plus en plus d’indices d’une volonté que l’on pourrait qualifier de « recivilisatrice ». Ces indices ont surtout pris la forme d’une attention grandissante aux questions relatives à la guerre et à la paix, d’un assouplissement dans la présentation de l’autorité parentale et de l’adoption d’une conception de l’autorité civile fondée désormais sur l’accomplissement de devoirs civiques plutôt que sur l’obéissance aux supérieurs hiérarchiques. / Among scholars who have studied contemporary Germany, many consider that by perpetrating such a barbaric crime as the Holocaust, the Third Reich caused a “rupture of civilizationˮ (Zivilisationsbruch) in the history of the Western world. These experts have reflected on the meaning as well as on the historical and philosophical consequences of the Holocaust for the contemporary world. However, very few of them have examined the other side of this “rupture of civilizationˮ, i.e. the “recivilizingˮ process that occurred in West German society during the first postwar decades. Characterized by the rejection of violence and militarism, the restoration of elementary norms of civility and the growing importance attached to civic values such as democracy and human rights, this process explains how, within barely two decades, West Germans succeeded in building a stable and democratic state on the ruins of a genocidal dictatorship. Using the presentation of the Decalogue in the Catholic catechisms, this master’s thesis examines the role attributed to religious moral norms in the “recivilizingˮ process of West German society. It intends to show that during the 1950s and 1960s the Catholic catechisms published in the FRG presented numerous signs of a “recivilizingˮ will, which consisted in a particular attention to issues of war and peace, an updated view of parental authority and the adoption of a conception of civil authority based on the fulfilment of civic duties rather than on sheer obedience to hierarchy.
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Standing with Unfamiliar Company on Uncommon Ground: The Catholic Church and the Chicago Parliaments of Religions

Parra, Carlos 18 December 2012 (has links)
This study explores the struggle of the Catholic Church to be true to itself and its mission in the midst of other religions, in the context of the non-Catholic American culture, and in relation to the modern world and its discontents. As milestones of the global interfaith movement, American religious freedom and pluralism, and of the relation of religion to modernity, the Chicago Parliaments of Religions offer a unique window through which to view this Catholic struggle at work in the religious public square created by the Parliaments and the evolution of that struggle over the course of the century framed by the two Chicago events. In relation to other religions, the Catholic Church stretched itself from an exclusivist position of being the only true and good religion to an inclusivist position of recognizing that truth and good can be present in other religions. Uniquely, Catholic involvement in the centennial Parliament made the Church stretch itself even further, beyond the exclusivist-inclusivist spectrum into a pluralist framework in which the Church acted humbly as one religion among many. In relation to American culture, the Catholic Church stretched itself from a Eurocentric and monarchic worldview with claims of Catholic supremacy to the American alternative of democracy, religious freedom, and the separation of church and state. In relation to modernity, the Church stretched itself from viewing the modern world as an enemy to be fought and conquered to befriending modernity and designing some specific accommodations to it. In these three relationships, there was indeed a shift, but not at all a clean break. Instead a stretch occurred, acknowledging a lived intra-Catholic tension between religious exclusivism and inclusivism, between a universal Catholic identity and Catholic inculturation in America (and in other cultures), and between the immutability of Catholic eternal truths and their translatability into the new languages offered by the modern world. In all this the Second Vatican Council was the major catalyst. For all three cases the Chicago Parliaments of Religions serve as environments conducive to the raising of important questions about Catholic identity, the Catholic understanding of non-Catholics, and Catholic interfaith relations.

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