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The Relationship Between “The Religious” and “The Secular”: The case of Australian CatholicsDaw, Joan Margaret, res.cand@acu.edu.au January 2008 (has links)
This thesis seeks to examine the relationship between the religious and the secular as it pertains to Australian Catholics. The main line of enquiry takes the form of investigating the proposition that sociological approaches to religion that are based on the assumption of secular-religious dualism cannot adequately account for the way practising Australian Catholics live and hold their faith. The central theoretical concern of the thesis relates to the sociological construction of the religious and the secular as derived from a “this world-other world” dichotomy. The classical sociological argument that rationalism underpins the binary distinction between “this world” and the “other world” is challenged in terms of its applicability to Catholicism. Any assumption that a religious sensibility precludes rationality is also challenged. The thesis adopts the perspective of symbolic rationality which is regarded as inclusive of instrumental rationality. From this perspective, there is exploration of the extent to which the Catholic incarnational symbol system can accommodate both this-worldly and other-worldly tendencies. More specifically, there is examination of the proposition that a sacramental sensibility can be associated with the co-existence of apparent opposites – faith / reason, grace / nature, transcendence / immanence. The thesis propositions are tested by analysis of data from the 1996 Catholic Church Life Survey and the 2001 National Church Life Survey. The findings indicate that, for Australian Catholics, orthodoxy of belief is compatible with a sense of paradox and contextuality. Australian Catholics are found to have a tendency to engage humanity in both its “grace” and its “sin”. There is no evidence to support any hypothesis of mutual exclusiveness between Catholic religious commitment and openness to the wider “secular” society. Indeed, it is found that Catholic openness to the “secular” appears to be associated with openness to the “Other” – a central element of the “Catholic ethic”. Catholicism is presented as an organic religion that has the capacity to engage the multiplicities of the socio-cultural environment. Moreover, it is argued that the organic nature of Catholic engagement in secular society can be inclusive of engagement at the structural level of society. Overall, it is argued that many practising Australian Catholics have the ability to hold apparent opposites together and that the classical sociological construction of the religious and the secular in terms of dichotomy does not fit the reality of their lived faith. The thesis concludes that, in the case of Australian Catholics, there is an overarching organic relationship between the religious and the secular that can be inclusive of instrumental relationships on the institutional level.
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Emigration, settlement, and assimilation of Dutch Catholic immigrants in Wisconsin 1850-1905Saueressig-Schreuder, Yda. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison,1982. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 252-268).
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New lights and old enemies the "Second Reformation" and the Catholics of Ireland, 1800-35 /Hehir, Irene Maria. January 1983 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 337-350).
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A church in crisis : Catholics after Vatican II: three short storiesD'Huy, George Robert. January 1984 (has links)
No description available.
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As one in faith : the reconstruction of Catholic communities in Protestant England, 1559-1642 /McClain, Lisa Renee, January 2000 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 610-645). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.
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Der deutsche Katholizismus und Polen : (1830-1849) : Identitätsbildung zwischen konfessioneller Solidarität und antirevolutionärer Abgrenzung /Scholz, Stephan. January 2005 (has links)
Teilw. zugl.: Oldenburg, Universiẗat, Diss., 2004.
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Pastoral assessment of and response to divorced Catholic families in Vietnam todayPham, Lac Hoa January 2016 (has links)
Thesis advisor: Melissa M. Kelley / Thesis advisor: Richard J. Clifford / Thesis (STL) — Boston College, 2016. / Submitted to: Boston College. School of Theology and Ministry. / Discipline: Sacred Theology.
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Für Glauben und Krone die katholische Aristokratie in England 1603 - 1649Polikovskaja, Anna January 2008 (has links)
Zugl.: Freiburg (Breisgau), Univ., Diss., 2008
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Political nativism in Texas, 1825-1860McGrath, Paul of the Cross, January 1930 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 1930 / At head of title: The Catholic University of America. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206) and index. Also issued in print and microfiche.
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Belonging the case of immigrants and the Australian Catholic Church /Noseda, Mary. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (PhD) -- Australian Catholic University, 2006. / Submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Bibliography: p. 163-180. Also available in an electronic format via the internet.
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