scholarly journals PURPOSE A SACRED ROOM OF CHRUCHES BY PASTOR MANGUNWIJAYA CASE STUDY: CHURCH OF MARIA ASSUMPTA KLATEN, CHURCH OF THERESIA SALAM, AND CHURCH OF MARY

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
pp. 165-181
Author(s):  
Maria Angelina Tanumihardja ; Yenny Gunawan
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
General Public ◽  
Sacred Space ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Catholic Church

Abstract - Sacred space is everywhere and has become the part of human’s life since thousand years ago. Onemanifestation of the sacred space is the Catholic Church. A sacred space in the Catholic Church should be ableto accommodate liturgical activities in accordance with the rules and the order of their activities so thecelebration of the Eucharistic liturgy can run well. This study will attempt to understand the concept and themanifestation of the sacred space found in Romo Mangunwijaya’s churches in accordance to the concept andthe manifestation of the Catholic Church’s sacred space.Research will be carried out based on a preliminary study conducted by studying the universal sacred spacetheory proposed by Eliade and the theory of the Catholic Church’s sacred space that refers to the principles ofthe liturgy space. Results of analysis of each object of the study will then be processed further through acomparison table so that it can be concluded the manifestation of a sacred space in Romo Mangunwijaya’schurches.From the results of research on the objects of the study, showed that the manifestation of the sacred space of theRomo Mangunwijaya’s Churches dominantly shown in terms of orientation, ornaments, and atmosphere. Inaddition, the case study that shows the most dominant manifestation of the sacred space is Theresia SalamChurch.The benefits of this research are: for general public, this research can improve the knowledge of the importanceof the sacred space within the Catholic Church and how to integrate local values and culture into the sacredspace concept established in the Catholic Church's rules. Meanwhile, for the architects and institutions of theCatholic Church, this research can improve the knowledge of the concept of sacred space in the CatholicChurch and how to manifest the concept of the sacred space into the architecture of the Catholic Church.Key Words : sacred space, church, Y.B. Mangunwijaya

The Awakening of a New Form of Christianity? Catholicism in the Cariri Region (Brazil)

Exchange ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-397
Author(s):  
Jan Joris Rietveld
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
The Awakening ◽  
Evangelical Churches ◽  
Rural Zone ◽  
New Form ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

AbstractThe Cariri region is the most isolated and poor part of the rural zone of the diocese of Campina Grande in the Paraiba state of Brazil. The Catholic Church has been present here for a relatively short time: 335 years. Moreover the region has an isolated context and this favors conservatism so that only fundamental changes have an impact. These facts make the Cariri an interesting region for a case study about how Catholicism develops. I distinguish five periods, which are described with religious key words and situated in the socio-cultural context. This classification is a schematization: different types of Catholicism often exist together. It is obvious that the dominant features of Catholicism change with time, but in the mainstream of the fifth period we see a small revolution. Now there are not only influences in the socio cultural context and factors in the Church itself that cause changes, but there are also influences of powerful newcomers, the evangelical churches. Their main impact is that many people have left the Catholic Church and are going to live their old faith in a new form. The Catholic Church is searching for adequate ways to respond to this phenomenon.

scholarly journals The Last Decades of the Existence of the Kaunas Bernardine Nuns (1842–1864)

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-58
Author(s):  
Vaida Kamuntavičienė
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Holy Trinity ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
The Catholic Church

This article reveals the life of the Holy Trinity Bernardine nuns in Kaunas (Kowno) in the years 1842 to 1864, the worsening situation at the convent due to the Russian occupying government’s policy, the actual closure of the convent, and the fate of the nuns after the closure of their home. The study aims to show how daily life at the convent affected the Russian administration’s decisions regarding its material provision and particular nuns living there, how they were affected by the closure of St George’s Bernardine Friary in Kaunas which used to be the main supporter of the Bernardine nuns, and relations between the Bernardine nuns and the bishop. The author analyses difficulties in community life and problems adhering to the constitution, and reveals the general mood of the nuns. The research is based on correspondence between the Bernardine nuns, the bishop and the convent visitator, memoirs, and material from visitations. This case study of the Kaunas Bernardine nuns helps us gain a better understanding of the situation of the Catholic Church in the Russian Empire.

Strategic interaction: The PRL Government, Solidarity, the Church, and the problem of political prisoners

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-225
Author(s):  
Andrzej Friszke
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Mass Movement ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Political Prisoners ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

This study of the struggle between the government of the Polish People’s Republic and Solidarity in the years 1981-1984 discerns three key actors in Polish politics: the Communist party leadership and security apparatus, the arrested leaders of Solidarity, and the bishops and advisers of the Catholic Church. The PRL government made strategic decisions in this period regarding repression and liberalization. Following initial advanced preparation for the trial of eleven arrested leaders of Solidarity and KSS KOR, the government attempted to coerce the arrestees into leaving Poland, thus weakening the movement’s legitimacy. The article demonstrates how the interaction between the leaders of the two sides – mediated by bishops and advisers – produced a new dynamic and a shift in the existing political mechanism. What was once a mass movement transformed into a more regular, staffed organization with a greater role played by leaders, who symbolized the continuity of the movement and enabled Solidarity to weather the period of repression. The article shows the changes and tensions in the Solidarity movement, along with the changes that were occurring in parallel on the side of the government and the mediating third actor, i.e., the Catholic Church. This case study of the strategic clash that occurred at the beginning of the 1980s illustrates the transformations that took place within the government and Solidarity – transformations that would prove crucial to the transition process in 1988-1989.

scholarly journals ‘Not in our name without us’ – The intervention of Catholic Women Speak at the Synod of Bishops on the Family: A case study of a global resistance movement by Catholic women

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nontando Hadebe
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
Dynamic Movement ◽  
The Social ◽  
Catholic Women ◽  
The Family ◽  
Resistance Movement ◽  
The Catholic Church

This article will illustrate through a case study of the intervention of the Catholic Women Speak Network (CWSN) at the Synod of Bishops on the Family, the dynamic movement within Steyn’s Critical Diversity Literacy theory from ‘reading’ the social script of injustice to conscientisation and finally actions for transformation, a methodology similar to that of feminist theologies. In the Catholic Church power, privilege and leadership are institutionalised in the hands of celibate males, and in the context of the Synod they had power to vote on teachings on family life. This hegemony that excludes women’s voices and essentialises women was challenged by the CWSN, illustrating connections between theory and praxis as well as diversity as a critical tool of resistance.

scholarly journals The NN’s souls-cult: a case study of catholicism and popular religion in Colombia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Bastidas Meneses ◽  
Tom Kaden ◽  
Bernt Schnettler
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Popular Religion ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
Peaceful Coexistence ◽  
Relative Independence ◽  
Symbolic Structure ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

AbstractThis article analyzes the cult of the souls in Purgatory in Puerto Berrío, Colombia, and its relationship with the Catholic Church. Through empirical evidence, it identifies three characteristics of this cult, namely, its relative independence from the Catholic Church, its heterogeneity and its utilitarian character, and compares them with other cases of Latin American popular Catholicism. The particularities of the cult enable an analysis of how popular religion, rather than generating a conflict with the Catholic Church, maintains an ambiguous relationship with it. The case shows that popular religion not only incorporates the symbolic structure of the Catholic Church to legitimize itself, but also that the church tolerates it, contributing to the peaceful coexistence of the popular and the institutionalized. Consequently, this leads believers, instead of adhering to a supposed binary opposition, to shift between popular and institutionalized religion.

All Catholics Are Spiritualists: The Boundary Work of Mary Gove Nichols and Thomas Low Nichols

2018 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 452-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. Riddle
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Atlantic World ◽  
Boundary Work ◽  
Detailed Case ◽  
History Of ◽  
Religious Lives ◽  
The Catholic Church ◽  
Social Reformers

From the 1840s to the 1870s, the first wave of Spiritualism swept across the Atlantic world. Many social reformers looked to messages from the spiritual realm to bolster their endeavors for this-worldly improvement. The Catholic Church, sensing diabolic powers at work, condemned the movement and its attendant reforms. It therefore surprised many when, in the mid-1850s, the spirits of dead Jesuits prompted Mary Gove Nichols and Thomas Low Nichols—both prominent Spiritualists and reformers—to convert to Catholicism. While the Nicholses are best known for their reform efforts, as their conversions suggest, they also led vibrant religious lives. By charting their religious biographies and using previously neglected writings, this article demonstrates that the Nicholses abandoned neither Spiritualism nor reform upon their conversion. Rather, they argued that both séance supernaturalism and social reformation should be pursued within the Catholic Church. In this way, the Nicholses challenged the church's attempts to demarcate acceptable spirituality, intentionally crossing and blurring received religious boundaries. In doing so, they redefined what it meant to be Catholic in order to accommodate their experiences and commitments. Their story recasts the history of Spiritualism and Catholicism as a boundary contest and provides a detailed case study of the process of religious hybridization.

scholarly journals Humor hos to norske dominikanerpatre

Ingen spøk ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 241-256
Author(s):  
Olav Hovdelien
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Dominican Order ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The Catholic Church

For many decades Catholics remained a small, alien and somewhat unnoticed minority in Norway. Beginning in the 1950s, however, Catholicism became somewhat intellectually acceptable in academic circles, often in response to what was seen as the narrow-mindedness of Lutheranism, and as a result the Catholic Church gained a stronger foothold in Norway. In addition, shifting generations of Dominicans have influenced Norwegian society and public life with a self-ironic and open style of communication. Catholics currently represent one of the largest religious minorities in Norway, with a total membership of approximately 157,000 in a country with ca. 5.3 million inhabitants. This chapter presents a case study that includes a discussion on how humor is mediated by two distinguished representatives of the Dominican order in Norway who are also well known in the Norwegian media: Pater Kjell Arild Pollestad and Pater Arnfinn Haram. The two priests have published widely in books, newspaper columns and blogs, and both of them have been central representatives in different ways for Catholicism and the Roman Catholic Church in the Norwegian public sphere.

scholarly journals Advances in the Coordination between the Cadastre and Land Registry

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Carmen Femenia-Ribera ◽  
Gaspar Mora-Navarro ◽  
Jose Carlos Martinez-Llario
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Current System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Made In

A necessary and effective coordination between cadastre and land registry has always existed in Spain, but the difficulties have only been specifically addressed in the last few years. The aim of this study is to illustrate, analyse, and evaluate advances in this coordination in Spain from the beginnings of the current system in the early twentieth century, with the cadastre and land registry operating as separate organisations. A preliminary study was made in 2002 of the difficulties that needed to be overcome to achieve an ideal coordination of mainly mapped information. The study was made by gathering and analysing the opinions of various specialists who have dealt with the issue of coordination. For this research, qualitative information (current and historical) was gathered by querying documents about cadastre and land registry coordination in Spain. This information was studied and compared to identify the problems and challenges. A survey in 2012 analysed the relationship between the cadastre and land registry from the point of view of the general public in the city of Gandia. The Spanish government enacted the first specific and effective legislation on coordination in 2015 (Act 13/2015), and much has changed since its introduction. During the last five years of application, each of the problems initially highlighted has been monitored and analysed, and the difficulties that have arisen have been noted. In this study, each of these problems and challenges is analysed from various perspectives: querying documents (norms, budgets, official news, etc.), websites, digital applications, observation, and interviews. The main results of the case study in Spain are as follows: coordination is generally indispensable and cannot be postponed; there is a difficult understanding between the organisations involved; the general public associate the word “cadastre” with taxes and not with security in the demarcation of property; political will and understanding is necessary; the process is slow and requires long-term agreements; an improvement in the quality of maps is fundamental; and technology is not a problem.

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