Essays about: "catholicism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the word catholicism.

  1. 1. Salesians in Cambodia: The Shore Remains The Case Study of Don Bosco Kep

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Mária Dominika Vanková; [2023]
    Keywords : religious peace-building; friendship; dialogue; poverty-alleviation; Salesians of Don Bosco; Catholicism; Buddhism; Cambodia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how Salesian Institutes are related to religious peace-building in post-colonial and post-conflict Cambodia. It examines if and how the Catholic-Salesian multi-religious educational mission system is able to peacefully co-exist in a Buddhist Cambodian society, and collaborate with other minority religions present – Protestant, Muslim, and non-religious in promoting education for poor children and demoting inequalities. READ MORE

  2. 2. Accommodating Perspectives on Religious History : A Study of Satire and Narrative Structure in Aldous Huxley’s Crome Yellow

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Christian Fehn; [2023]
    Keywords : Huxley Religion Satire Narratology;

    Abstract : This essay is an analysis of Aldous Huxley’s novel Crome Yellow and how it can be read as exposing social hypocrisy and tracing social flaws through England’s religious history. The analysis uses narratology as a tool for exploring how the author can be perceived as offering a perspective on religious history that might have been controversial in his day. READ MORE

  3. 3. Catholicism and the Catholic Church in Contemporary Ireland : The Church-State Relationship, the Societal Role of Catholicism and the Applicability of Secularisation Theory in the Aftermath of the Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne Reports

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studier

    Author : Graeme Stirling; [2023]
    Keywords : Catholicism; culture and social issues; Catholicism in Ireland; Religiosity and secularisation;

    Abstract : Abstract Throughout the period of 1972-2022 and previously, Catholicism has been a robust aspect of Irish national culture and identity and the institutional Catholic church has enjoyed a degree of sociopolitical influence and extensive co-operation with the Irish state. This has led to characterisations of Ireland as an outlier amidst secularisation patterns worldwide, whilst the 2009 scandals following the publication of the Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne Reports into clerical sexual abuse have led to claims of the collapse of Irish Catholicism and the church. READ MORE

  4. 4. Contributions of Religious Leaders to the Conceptualization of World Peace : A comparative case study of Statements by Bahá’í, Catholic, and Tibetan Buddhist Leadership

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Lua Nazerian; [2023]
    Keywords : Religion; Peace and conflict; world peace; international relations; Philosophy; Human nature; Bahá’í; Catholicism; Tibetan Buddhism; Universal House of Justice; Pope Francis; The Dalai Lama.;

    Abstract : In this research, Lua Nazerian examines the conceptualization of three different statements given by leaders of the Bahá'í, Catholic, and Tibetan Buddhist faiths on the topic of world peace. Moreover, through a comparative analysis, each conceptualization was examined in light of the different degrees they agree or contradict each other and whether a coherent contribution could be made to a common concept of world peace. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Conversion of Indigenous Peoples to Pentecostalism in Times of Decolonization and its Potential Consequences on Identity Perception : A narrative research study in Bolivia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Fanny Hagberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Indigenous; religion; Bolivia; La Paz; Quellani; Copacabana; Cochabamba; Decolonization; Pentecostalism; Catholicism; conversion; syncretism; identity perception; narrative analysis. ;

    Abstract : The research was carried out to show the potential consequences of the conversion of indigenous peoples in Bolivia to Pentecostalism. The research was based on a research conducted by Canessa in 2000 on two movements already taking place at the time of his research, the rise of Indigeonus recognition in society and the rise of Pentecostalism. READ MORE