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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Catholic Tradition"”.
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The Catholic Tradition and its Treatment of Suicide
We have seen in recent years how suicide has become a more pressing reality as a social phenomenon. With this has come a vast amount of data and information as regards its cause, and the means by which its prevention might be sought. The following are an example of such: • Male suicide rates are …
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Massenet, Marianne and Mary : Republican morality and Catholic tradition at the opera
The social and political practice of the French Third Republic resonated with a variety of contrasting ideologies which were reflected in cultural products and their reception, including opera. The operas of Jules Massenet, the most successful Parisian opera composer of his time, provide a good …
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The Normative Approach of the Catholic Tradition in the Ethical and Religious Directives for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas Regarding Medical Technology
<p>The dissertation engages the Catholic Tradition enunciated in the <em>Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services</em> to provide a normative approach for resolving ethical dilemmas regarding pivotal breakthroughs in medical technology.</p> <p>This normative ethical …
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Understanding Human Sexuality in John Paul II’s Theology of the Body: An Analysis of the Historical Development of Doctrine in the Catholic Tradition
… to this endeavor. In chapter one the encyclical tradition of a hundred years timeline, focused on questions of sexuality and family life are reviewed to establish a historical development in the magisterial position of the Church. Chapter two is devoted to John Paul II’s Theology of the Body …
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A Life of Paradox: Thomas Merton's Asian Trajectory
… in which he intensely studied other religious traditions, most notably the religions of Asia, in order to better understand his own Roman Catholic tradition. This paper will trace the trajectory of Asian ideas and experiences throughout Merton's life and analyze how these experiences …
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Female agency and the sacramental vision of early modern Catholicism
… one specific group has been overlooked, English Catholic women who became religious sisters in convents on the Continent. These women produced writings detailing their lives, community, and sense of self which are bound up in the larger theological and social debates of the time. In turn, these …
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School Choice: The Black Middle-class Dilemma
… balance of school characteristics, such as Catholic tradition, racial diversity and academic rigor, to ensure the success of their children.
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The Anti-Maynooth Campaign: A Study in Anti-Catholicism and Politics in the United Kingdom, 1851-69 (Protestantism, Ireland)
… This campaign was but one element in the anti-Catholic tradition of Victorian Britain. The anti-Maynooth campaign had both a parliamentary and an extra-parliamentary character, and printed sources form the basis for studying the two. Of particular value were the organs of sectarian public …
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Theology of Arcavatara and the Eucharist: A Comparative Study
… and the concept of the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic tradition. Among the five auspicious forms of avatars in Vaishnavism, arcavatara is compared with the Eucharist. Vishnu manifests himself in the consecrated images found in the homes and temples of the Vaishnavas to demonstrate his love, to …
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Just Water: A Feminist Catholic Response to the Commodification of Water
<p>Any Catholic ecological ethic today that does not focus sustained attention to our worldwide water crisis is inadequate, for it fails to engage one of today's core social justice violations and neglects to offer any moral guidance for one of the human family's most pressing challenges. A …
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Antonio Fogazzaro and the Development of Liberal Catholicism in Modern Italy
… cultural and political development of Liberal Catholicism in modern Italy. The events of the Risorgimento had deprived the Catholic Church of her temporal power in 1860 after the Second War of Italian Unification. Pius IX then promulgated Non expedit. The encyclical refused to recognize the …
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Antonio Fogazzaro and the Development of Liberal Catholicism in Modern Italy
… cultural and political development of Liberal Catholicism in modern Italy. The events of the Risorgimento had deprived the Catholic Church of her temporal power in 1860 after the Second War of Italian Unification. Pius IX then promulgated Non expedit. The encyclical refused to recognize the …
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Sacramental Theology of Elochukwu Uzukwu in Light of Vatican II and Its Application in African Contexts
… II, in conjunction with resources from African traditional wisdom and culture, to argue for the emergence of truly local church and true border-crossing of sacramental and liturgical celebrations. To think of sacraments from this perspective highlights the African view of the human body, …
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Experiences of Sacramental Marriage
… having a sacramental marriage within the Roman Catholic tradition; (b) they appeared to be information rich sources who could provide an emic, i.e., an insider, view of the sacramental marriage experience; (c) they participated in the Catholic Cursillo movement; (d) they engaged in observable …
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Catholicism in Italian cinema in the age of ‘the new secularisation’ (1958-1978)
This thesis explores the portrayal of Italian Catholicism in five feature films: E venne un uomo (A Man Named John, dir. Ermanno Olmi, 1965), Galileo (1968, dir. Liliana Cavani), Teorema (Theorem, 1968, dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini), Nel nome del padre (In the Name of the Father, 1972, dir. Marco …
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Catholicism in Italian cinema in the age of ‘the new secularisation’ (1958-1978)
This thesis explores the portrayal of Italian Catholicism in five feature films: E venne un uomo (A Man Named John, dir. Ermanno Olmi, 1965), Galileo (1968, dir. Liliana Cavani), Teorema (Theorem, 1968, dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini), Nel nome del padre (In the Name of the Father, 1972, dir. Marco …
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Nemo dat quod non habet (no one can give what they do not possess): the faith development needs of the authentic and authoritative Catholic teacher.
This study was set within the context of Catholic Education in Scotland; a context that holds a unique historic position, operating within the state education system. It investigated and explored the faith development experiences of Catholic teachers as they progressed from their initial teacher …
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Private devotion in England on the eve of the Reformation illustrated from works printed or reprinted in the period 1530-40
… with Rome. It shows that there were far more Catholic works of devotion, many of them written or printed for the first time 1520 - 35, than has previously been recognized. It is also clear that this flourishing literature came to a sudden and decisive end in 1535, although the tradition lived …
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Emergency Contraception, Catholic Hospitals, and Rape
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that a woman is permitted to protect herself from becoming pregnant due to rape. However, scientific uncertainties with regard to emergency contraception's mechanisms of action and the inability to detect pregnancy prior to implantation have led many Catholic …
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The Principle of Subsidiarity and Catholic Ecclesiology: Implications for the Laity
… subsidiarity as articulated within the body of Catholic social thought, and explores its validity within the governance structure of the Catholic church. Special attention is given to the status and role of the laity, and the implications of subsidiarity with regard to lay authority and …
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