Thesis (D. Min.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2000. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 216-224).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 1937. / Bibliography: p. 165-174.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2000. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 216-224).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:14:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 3972.pdf: 998586 bytes, checksum: 4ce07de26f2f2fbcf1f56e811a87ceae (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-21 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / The objective of this study is to analyze the political behavior of politicians linked to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR). The choice of politicians with such religious affiliation was given due to the significant number of adherents, the Catholic Church's support and the national visibility for its events . For this, bills of state and federal deputies have been analysed, to know if their proposals are consistent with their political parties and CCR s interests. The study drew a biographical profile of heir representatives and the reasons that led charismatic Catholics to step into the political arena. / O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar o comportamento político-partidário dos políticos vinculados a Renovação Carismática Católica (RCC). A escolha dos políticos com essa filiação religiosa deu-se em razão do número expressivo de adeptos, apoio da Igreja Católica e visibilidade de seus eventos em nível nacional. Para isso, foram analisados os projetos de lei dos deputados estaduais e federais, para saber se suas propostas estão de acordo com os interesses da RCC ou dos partidos que são filiados. O estudo traçou um perfil biográfico dos seus representantes e quais os motivos que levaram os carismáticos católicos a adentrarem a arena política.

The thesis covers Czech-German relation in mainly German Jihlava and gradual national awareness of Czech minority in given time period. The religious and social life of this minority was closely linked with the Catholic Church. Main pastoral service for Czech people was provided by the St.Jacob's parish, administred by Premonstratensians from Strahov. Cultural and religious life was interconnected in observed period, therefore in the thesis there is information about education at that time included. And because the proportion between nationalities changed over the years, there is also information about the demographic development. The main subject of the thesis is the means of pastoration and the forms of religious life closely associated with the national life. Even at that time, the position of the Catholic Church was not as simple as it may seem at first sight.

L’Institut des Hautes Etudes Industrielles et Commerciales de Tianjin, fondé en 1923 et dirigé par les jésuites français, est destiné à la jeunesse chinoise : leur fournir une formation professionnelle de haut niveau comme dans les établissements d’enseignement supérieur de l’Europe, et par eux gagner une bienveillance pour la mission catholique en Chine ; les autorités françaises, espérant distribuer l’influence française, subventionnent cette œuvre dès l’origine et la soutiennent en cas de besoin. L’Institut fut officiellement reconnu par le gouvernement chinois comme « Collège de Gong Shang » en 1933, et « Université de Jingu » en 1948. Il fut enfin nationalisé par le régime communiste en 1951. Cette thèse vise la fondation de l’Ecole, ses évolutions et ses développements dans les changements politiques et sociaux de la Chine moderne ; elle analyse ses rapports avec le monde catholique et les autorités chinoises et étrangères. Malgré une courte période d’existence, comment l’Ecole a écrit ses pages d’histoires ? Est-elle parvenue au but de sa fondation ? Et enfin, sa fermeture est-elle une histoire de héros ? / Kung Shang University of Tianjin, founded in 1923 and directed by the Jesuits, was meant for Chinese youth: provide them with a vocational training of high level like in the educational establishments in Europe and through them gain some favour for the Catholic Mission in China; French authorities, hoping an expansion of the French influence, support this enterprise from the beginning and support it again whenever needed. The Institute was officially recognized by the Chinese Government as “Gongshang College” in 1933, and “Jingu University” in 1948. It was later nationalized by the Communist Regime in 1951. This thesis questions the foundation of this school, its evolution and developments in the context of the socio-political changes of Modern China. It analyses its interactions between the Catholic world and the political authorities, Chinese and Foreign. Within a short period of existence, how did the school write its pages of history? Which pages did it write? Has it reached out the purpose of its foundation? Lastly, its closure. A Hero’s story?

Dès le lendemain de la Saint-Barthélemy, chacun, selon sa foi et ses convictions, proposait une interprétation et enrichissait la légende. A chaque époque, le dossier était ré-ouvert donnant lieu à de nouvelles controverses. Les écrivains du XIXe siècle se sont principalement intéressés au XVe siècle et à la Saint-Barthélemy parce la nation était de nouveau en proie à des événements san­glants. En effet, ces deux siècles se caractérisent par une grande instabilité politique, des guerres intestines, des menaces venues de 1'étranger et des polémiques religieuses. Les auteurs ont inter­prété les événements et les situations de cette période en fonction de préoccupations politiques et sociales qui leur étaient contemporaines. Cette étude montre que le massacre, perpétré pour des motifs religieux et politiques, fut traité différemment selon les auteurs et les époques. / As soon as the day after the Saint-Barthélemy, everyone, according to his faith and political beliefs suggested an interpretation, and magnified the legend. In each epoch, the issue was reopened, giving rise to new controversies. The writers of the nineteenth century were primarily interested in the sixteenth century and the Saint-Barthélemy because the country was actually facing bloody confrontations again. Indeed, these two centuries are famous for great political turmoil, wars, threats from abroad and religions polemics. The authors interpreted the episodes and situations of this period by drawing parallels to political and social contemporary concerns. This dissertation shows that this massacre, perpetrated for religions and political reasons, was treated in different ways by miscellaneous authors in various eras.

In 1918, Serbs, Croats and Slovenes established a kingdom called "Yugoslavia." Serbs were considering this state as the state of Serbs. Bosnia Hercegovina's community or political powers did not help the establishment of Yugoslavia. The official ideology considered Muslims as the heir of the Ottoman occupiers in the Balkans. In the first Yugoslavia, Bosnian Muslims were under pressure and they were attacked by Serbs who had the official support of the administration. In time those attacks turned into ethnic cleansing. Bosnian Muslims were pushed out of the government bureaucracy and their lands.

The topic of angels in the spirituality of practicing Catholics Abstract The aim of the thesis is to investigate what is the impact of new religious movements' concepts on practicing Catholics in Ostrava region, especially focused on angel's topic. The first part of the thesis introduces the Catholic doctrine on angles. In the second chapter new religious movements' view on the angelic beings is introduced. Into consideration mostly written texts by new movements' authors are taken, especially of these with the biggest influence on Czech spiritual sphere. The third part analyses how deeply active Catholics are influenced by new movements' ideas and their angels' concepts. Method used is quantitative research amongst Ostrava region Catholic parishioners. Keywords angelology, angels, christianity, new religious movements, Catholics spirituality, Ostrava region

A field survey was conducted to investigate differences in attitudes toward religious changes in a population of church-going Roman Catholics. An attitude scale comprising twenty items referring to changes in the Catholic Church was prepared during pilot studies. Half of the items referred to changes already occurring, and half to proposed or possible future changes. The attitude scale was administered to a sample of parishes in the Roman Catholic diocese of Baker, Oregon. It was administered during regular Sunday services to take advantage of the saliency effect of group membership. A response to an item of the scale indicating the subject's agreement with the change was operationally defined as a liberal response. A response indicating disagreement with change was considered a conservative response. It was hypothesized that churchgoing Catholics would be more liberal or accepting of changes already instituted in the Church than they would be of merely possible changes. The results supported this hypothesis. Total scores on the scale were correlated with the age and education of the respondents. The results support the hypothesis that attitudes toward religious changes covary with age and education much like other social attitudes, as the younger and more educated respondents showed more liberalism or acceptance of change than did older and less educated respondents. A detailed analysis of several items shows a wide divergence between parishoners' attitudes and ecclesiastical dogma. The results of the research also indicate that in the population surveyed there was a great deal of intragroup variation in attitudes toward religious changes.