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with Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, Diocese of Tucson / Higgins Hall 300

Cette thèse analyse le processus de genèse de l'Agence nationale pour la rénovation urbaine (ANRU) et ses effets sur les scènes locales de l'action publique. Elle s'appuie sur un travail de terrain composé de deux scènes principales. La première est constituée de l'ensemble des acteurs concernés par le processus de fabrique de l'Agence. La seconde s'articule autour des acteurs de la mise en oeuvre sur trois sites enquêtés (Bourges, Lyon, Marseille) et au sein de l'ANRU. Ce travail se propose de participer à l'analyse de l'action publique urbaine à travers deux entrées. La première revient sur le processus de légitimation d'un impératif de changement à l'origine de la genèse de l'ANRU qui résulterait de la représentation d'une situation problématique dans le champ de la rénovation urbaine. La seconde s'articule autour de l'idée que cette représentation façonne la nature des effets engendrés par la logique de fonctionnement de l'ANRU. Ce travail a pour fil directeur le rapport au phénomène de bureaucratisation que donne à voir l'ANRU, aussi bien au cours de l'étape de sa création que dans la phase de mise en oeuvre de l'action. Cette thèse permet de montrer que, sous couvert d'une recherche d'efficacité et la mobilisation d'un dispositif d'action publique teinté de néomanagérialisme, la mise en action de l'ANRU produit à son tour des pesanteurs et des routines qui vont à l'encontre de ses raisons d'être. Ces effets révèlent une tendance à la bureaucratisation à laquelle l'ANRU n'échappe pas et dont les premières victimes sont les agents des services déconcentrés de l'État mis à sa disposition. L'analyse montre qu'au-delà de cette conséquence, ce sont également les rapports centre-périphérie et la régulation politico-administrative locale qui se trouvent recomposés par l'agencification de la rénovation urbaine. / Our PhD is focusing on the analysis of the process of creation of the French national agency for urban renewal (ANRU) and its effects on local scenes of public action. This work refers to an empirical work composed by two main scenes. The first one, the « Parisian » scene is constituted by the actors involved in the process of creation of the Agency. The second scene is based on the actors of the carrying out, whereas they were on each of the three local investigation grounds (Bourges, Lyon, Marseille) or inside the ANRU. This PhD proposes to analyze the urban public action towards two main entries. The first one goes back on the process of legitimation of a change imperative at the beginning of the creation of the ANRU. This process of legitimation would result from the representation of a problematic situation in the urban renewal area. The second entry supposes that this representation shapes the nature of the effects of the functioning logic of the ANRU we can observe during the implementation period. This work has for main direction the link with the phenomenon of bureaucratization which can be observed as well in the creation period as in the implementation stage. This PhD lets show that, under cover of an efficiency quest and the mobilization of an public action tool tinged with neomanagerialism, the functioning of the ANRU infers inertia and routines which go against the original aims of the ANRU. These effects put in relief a trend to bureaucratization the ANRU doesn't escape and that makes the local services of the State administration the first victims. The analysis highlights that, beyond this major consequence, the links between the central power and local authorities and the local politico-administrative regulation are rebuilt by the “agencification” of the urban renewal policy.

Aims: This thesis seeks to study ministry, as it is understood today in the light of the renewed ecclesiology of Vatican II, and to relate this study to the church situation in Nigeria. This thesis proposes to investigate the possible need for changes in the practices of ministries in the church in Nigeria. The study aims to articulate a theology of ministry and to critically review the growth and development of ministries in the church from the beginnings of Christianity up to the mid-second century. It will also critically review the understanding of ministry in Vatican II and post-Vatican II documents, and describe and critically analyse the development of ministries in the Nigerian church before and after Vatican II. It will suggest a way forward in the broadening and diversifying of ministries in that country by suggesting ways in which the practice of ministry may be enhanced in the local churches in Nigeria. By local churches, this writer is referring particularly to small Catholic communities or rural out-stations of the church in Nigeria. Scope: The study is undertaken in five chapters with an introduction and conclusion. Chapter One considers the theological understanding of ministry at the present time; it explains the meaning of ministry and differentiates it from other concepts such as lay apostolate and Catholic Action; it posits baptism as the foundation for ministry and outlines a theology of ministry. Chapter Two traces the origin of ministry in the New Testament and its evolution in the early church. The findings of Chapter Two will be applied in Chapters Four and Five that concentrate on the church in Nigeria. Chapter Three focuses on the understanding of ministry at the Second Vatican Council and in post-conciliar documents. This chapter analyses and summarises the teachings in the documents concerning ministry, which will later be applied to the church in Nigeria. Chapter Four traces the development and organisation of ministry in Nigeria before and after Vatican II within the framework of chapters one to three. The chapter begins with a sketch history of the church in Nigeria and proceeds to highlight the present organisation of ministry in Nigeria. Chapter Five proposes a broadening and diversifying of ministries in the church in Nigeria. It considers the significance of the local communities and how a broadening and diversification of ministries would help the progress and growth of these communities. Conclusions: There has been a shift in the Catholic theology of ministry and the central idea in the theology of ministry is the church in which all members are participants in diverse ways in the various responsibilities of the community. The historical overview of the New Testament times highlighted the arrangement of ministries in the early church. Ministries existed according to the needs of the local community. The ministerial arrangement of the first century of the church was stifled by the emergence of the threefold ministry of bishops, priests and deacons. Vatican II offered the basis of a renewal for the church in matters of ministries. The Council presented a renewed understanding of the church in terms of mystery, Body of Christ, sacrament, communion and, above all, people of God. This new understanding of the church demands a new approach to ministries in the church. This study concludes that the communal dimension of the church stressed by the Council should prevail in Nigeria. The ordained ministry dominates in the church in Nigeria. In the local church situation, the catechist is looked upon as the spiritual leader of the community who collaborates with other members to meet the various needs of the community. These people are hardly literate, yet they provide the essential leadership that is needed for the community. But they are not able to lead the community in the Eucharist because they have not been given the power. From this we conclude that catechists should be empowered with ordination to the priesthood that will enable them more effectively to fulfil the pastoral responsibilities they already have. In the provision of a higher quality of ministry in rural churches, the ordination of catechists would playa big part. Other lay people should be allowed and encouraged to function as acolytes, lectors, eucharistic ministers and in other capacities in the local churches. The rapid growth of the church in Nigeria demands the emergence and encouragement of new ministries in parishes and out-stations to meet the needs of the people.

The Missionary in the Parish -- Spiritan Life No. 7 -- January 1997 -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- (pg 2) -- SPIRITAN LIFE -- (pg 3) -- CONGO: SPIRITANS IN A PARISH Rene Tabard -- (pg 5) -- ANGOLA: A REFUGEE APOSTOLATE Lourenco Ndjimbu -- (pg 13) -- DUBLIN; MISSION IN THE SUBURBS Vincent McDevitt -- (pg 21) -- PARAGUAY: MISSION IN CHURCH -- THE PASTORAL PLAN Pierre Juveneton -- (pg 29) -- AMSTERDAM: A MIGRANT APOSTOLATE Marius Brands and Simon van Eck -- (pg 37) -- ZAMBIA: AN AFRICAN MISSIONARY IN AFRICA Joseph Tilisho -- (pg 45) -- LIBERMANN AND PARISH WORK IN EUROPE Paul Coulon -- (pg 53) -- THE SPIRITAN IN A PARISH a reflection by the editorial team -- (pg 51) -- A SPIRITAN BISHOP IN AMAZONIA Dom Mario Clemente -- (pg 71)

Project Thesis (D. Min.)--Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary, 1980. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-144).

Project Thesis (D. Min.)--Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary, 1980. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-119).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 193-199).

Thesis (D. Ed. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-152).