Thesis (M.A.P.S.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [75]-78).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-120).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2004. / Vita. Appendices include text of: Communities of salt and light : parish resource manual / United States Catholic Conference, Dept. of Social Development and World Peace, 1994. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-147).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2004. / Vita. Appendices include text of: Communities of salt and light : parish resource manual / United States Catholic Conference, Dept. of Social Development and World Peace, 1994. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-147).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-284) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago Divinity School, March 1999. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

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The thesis provides a descriptive analysis of a development aid program in Fiji. There are two dimensions to the inquiry. First, the rural development scheme is acknowledged to be about Fijians, about what they take to be their traditional culture and about their response to a program of planned social change. At the same time, the aid program is set within the framework of an international voluntary agency. Hence, the study is also about Europeans and their culture and about their participation in a program of cross-cultural development aid. Moreover, the problem is viewed in historical perspective and from that vantage point the current phase of international voluntary development is seen as a secularized version of the missionization of Fiji more than a century ago. The thesis traces the parallelism between Christianization and world development as a central theme. The thesis consists of three major Parts: the Phenomenology of Tradition, the Phenomenology of Development and the Phenomenology of Change. Within each of these categories, the analysis progresses from a discussion of the epiphenomena to the phenomena to phenomenology. These three Parts of the thesis are preceded by two chapters in Part I which provide a description of the problem and the method and of the people and the setting and are concluded by a single chapter in Part V which summarizes the argument and conclusions. In Part II of the study, I explore the Fijian rendering of na i tovo vakaviti ("the Fijian way of life") as a framework within which to examine the missionary input on the one hand and the international development program on the other. Through an analysis of activities and ideas relating to one's duty to kin, one's duty to chief and one's duty to God, I determine that there are two sets of interrelated institutions existing within the current i tovo vakaviti. I argue that one set of institutions refers to a pre-contact Fijian culture while the second set belongs to a post-contact Fiji. When these latter structures are placed in historical perspective, they are seen to refer to the missionization of Fiji and its colonization by the culture which the missionaries represented. Taking the analysis to a further level of abstraction, it is argued that the model of the moral man predicated on the missionary goal is inconsistent with that of the pre-contact i tovo vakaviti. In the areas of economy, polity and religion, the missionary emerges as a transformer of the traditional Fijian culture. Part III of the study is concerned with a descriptive analysis of the rural development scheme. After examining its major program objectives of encouraging commercial agriculture, the development of leadership potential, and "enhancing the quality of life", I proceed to an analysis of the underlying structures. And that investigation, taking an historical perspective, once again lends itself to an inquiry into two sets of interrelated institutions. The first set pertains to Christianization while the latter refers to world development. While the former is seen as precursor to the latter, both sets are shown to share common structural features, namely, unrestricted exchange, participatory democracy and institutionalized individuality. Continuing the analysis at a third level of abstraction, I provide a model of the moral man consistent with the missionization and development goal. Like his missionary predecessor, then, the European development agent emerges as a transformer of the traditional culture. In Part IV of the study, the emphasis is on the implementation of the YMCA rural work program as a relationship between the international development agency and the recipient community through the rural worker as native agent. Investigation of two community development schemes within the program reveals that what at first glance appear to be dissimilar approaches are, at the same time, a response to the same underlying phenomena. Both the rural worker who appears to be in agreement with the traditional culture and the one who appears to be in opposition to it are, in fact, similarly called upon to stand beyond culture and to change it. The native agent, like the missionary and the development agent, emerges as a transformer of culture. Hence, in the areas of economy, polity and religion, the development aid program is seen as analogous to the missionization of Fiji. / Arts, Faculty of / Anthropology, Department of / Graduate

In this dissertation, the phrase 'Christian Citizen' refers to those Christians who possess a strong sense of identity, believing in Christianity and upholding the corresponding faith while fulfilling civic responsibility and loving one's country. Through gathering and investigating into the personal letters, works and reports and so on of Liu, this dissertation renders an in-depth exploration of Liu's analysis on national character, views on citizenship and his blueprint of the Civic Education Movement. More importantly, Liu did not resort to empty talk but walked the talk, integrating faith with daily life. Throughout his whole life, including, in the early days, the Career Guidance Movement and his work at the Y.M.C.A., his presidency at the University of Shanghai and fmally the righteous action in defending against Japanese invasion during the latter days, the quality of Liu, in being loyal to one's nation, displaying care and concern for the society, living out and walking one's faith whole-heartedly was evident. His life manifested the unification of the roles and functions of a Christian citizen of one's nation, with Christian citizenship vividly lived out. Special investigation would be made into a rarely noted work headed by Liu, Y.M.C.A.'s Civic Education Movement in the 1920s, under the slogan 'Saving Nation through Character'. The origins, effectiveness and characteristics of the Movement would be explored. This study concludes with revealing, through Liu's life, the characteristics of being a Christian citizen and examines the choice of the advocators of 'Saving Nation through Character'. / There is a saying: "One more Christian, one fewer Chinese". It implies a conflict between an Ascribed Identity (Chinese) and an Achieved Identity (Christian). The former is an inherited and irreversible blood relationship while the latter is acquired after birth, being a self-converted social role. Undeniably, conflict of identities brought about bewilderment and impact to Chinese Christians in late Qing and Early Republican eras, causing identity crisis. Role identification is a process of getting to know oneself in terms of cognition, attitude and behavior, affecting daily life and instilling meaning of life. Quite a number of researches in the past emphasized the mental struggle and torture suffered by Chinese Christians under the seemingly incompatibility of the two identities. However, identity crisis is by no means impossible to do away with or integrated. This research attempts to show that ascribed identity and achieved identity can be integrated harmoniously through identify negotiation. The case of Liu Zhan-en (1896--1938) clearly demonstrated roles of being a citizen on earth and that of heavenly kingdom need not be an either-or option. Christians are not only citizens of the eternal heavenly kingdom, but also contemporary citizens on earth. One can live in serving the Lord with piety while obeying legal requirements stipulated by the government. Devoted and sound citizenship could be harmoniously integrated to be 'Christian Citizen'. / 黃錦暉. / Adviser: Yuen Sang Leung. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-03, Section: A, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-252). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Huang Jinhui.

Thesis (Th.M.)--University of South Africa, 2002.