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Author : Lawrence Cada
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816404254
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Shaping the Coming Age of Religious Life written by Lawrence Cada and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maurice L. Monette
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781556120701
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Kindred Spirits written by Maurice L. Monette and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1987 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kindred Spirits is a book for Christians who thirst for spiritual kinship in a vibrant commuity, sensible religion for everyday living, and commitment to the people around us that are hurting the most. It puts us in touch with a centuries old tradition of religious communal living and commitment to the poor.
Author : Robert Wuthnow
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400831229
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book After the Baby Boomers written by Robert Wuthnow and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the profound impact the post-World War II baby boomers had on American religion. But the lifestyles and beliefs of the generation that has followed--and the influence these younger Americans in their twenties and thirties are having on the face of religion--are not so well understood. It is this next wave of post-boomers that Robert Wuthnow examines in this illuminating book. What are their churchgoing habits and spiritual interests and needs? How does their faith affect their families, their communities, and their politics? Interpreting new evidence from scores of in-depth interviews and surveys, Wuthnow reveals a generation of younger adults who, unlike the baby boomers that preceded them, are taking their time establishing themselves in careers, getting married, starting families of their own, and settling down--resulting in an estimated six million fewer regular churchgoers. He shows how the recent growth in evangelicalism is tapering off, and traces how biblical literalism, while still popular, is becoming less dogmatic and more preoccupied with practical guidance. At the same time, Wuthnow explains how conflicts between religious liberals and conservatives continue--including among new immigrant groups such as Hispanics and Asians--and how in the absence of institutional support many post-boomers have taken a more individualistic, improvised approach to spirituality. Wuthnow's fascinating analysis also explores the impacts of the Internet and so-called virtual churches, and the appeal of megachurches. After the Baby Boomers offers us a tantalizing look at the future of American religion for decades to come.
Author : William Chris Hobgood
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566996651
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)
Download or read book The Once and Future Pastor written by William Chris Hobgood and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998-12-31 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hobgood examines new pressures on clergy that are emerging in the "post-Christendom era:" financial stresses; the effects of a conflicted and confrontational culture; the needs of an increasing number of people living broken or dependent lives; dysfunctional behavior on the part of pastors and parishioners; questions regarding clergy respect and job satisfaction. How is ministry being affected by these changes? What skills will clergy need as they enter the new century? An invaluable resource thoroughly grounded in research and full of practical observations for clergy, judicatory executives, seminary professors, and long-range planners.
Author : Maryanne Confoy
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 0809144549
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Religious Life and Priesthood written by Maryanne Confoy and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Religious Life and Priesthood reclaims the vision of Vatican II for contemporary priests, religious, and ecclesial ministers." "The book examines the historical context, the key players, and the implementation of Vatican II documents on the priesthood, the training of priests, and the religious life."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M.
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 1616438355
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Religious Life in a New Millennium Volume One written by Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M. and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Loan Le
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443896802
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Religious Life written by Loan Le and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the Second Vatican Council, when each Religious Institute was encouraged to research its charism, some Institutes experienced a tension between their charism and their mission, or even difficulty identifying what their charism was. This book is a study of the theological understanding of charism and of mission in relation to Religious Life within the Catholic Church. While this topic has featured in much Roman Catholic theological literature since Vatican II, there appears to be a dearth of in-depth studies. This book addresses this apparent lacuna. It draws particularly on the work of two major theologians, Jean-Marie Roger Tillard OP and Sandra Marie Schneiders IHM, who have reflected at length on charism and mission in the period leading up to Vatican II and on the implementation of its documents with respect to Religious Life. The very significant contributions of Tillard and Schneiders on the topic provide Religious, as well as others who want to know and understand Religious Life, with an interesting and motivating insight into charism and mission in Religious Life. Within the Roman Catholic Church, a “Year of Consecrated Life” has just drawn to a close, and this book forms a background and a response to Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter to “all Consecrated People on the occasion of the Year of Consecrated Life” (November 2014), which invited Religious to reflect on these aspects that are essential to the life they have chosen to live.
Author : Thomas Gaunt, SJ
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190878177
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Pathways to Religious Life written by Thomas Gaunt, SJ and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of religious life in the Catholic Church has been filled with change: periods of membership growth and decline, shifts in the types of ministries, and changes in the ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds of the men and women who join. Today, as the numbers of new members diminish, some say that the very future of religious life is in jeopardy. What is the state of religious life in the United States today? Which institutes are increasing in membership and which are decreasing or ceasing to exist? From what ethnic and socioeconomic populations are they drawing their members? What new religious institutes and ecclesial movements are being founded and how successful are they? What influences a young man or woman to consider religious life today? How are religious from other countries shaping religious life here as they come to the US to minister? Many of these questions can be addressed by data from studies of religious life in the US which the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) has conducted over the last ten years. The impact of the individual's family dynamics and educational experience before their entrance into religious life is examined here, as well as the influence of an increasing number of Catholic volunteer programs. The emergence of lay associates in religious institutes and the birth of new religious institutes since Vatican Council II in the United States are investigated as new ways of living religious life. The increase in the number of sisters and priests studying and ministering in the United States from other countries is examined for its impact on religious life. The authors' findings yield valuable recommendations for religious institutes and vocation directors who wish to attract new members.
Author : O'Murchu, Diarmuid
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608336565
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Religious Life in the 21st Century written by O'Murchu, Diarmuid and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal work surveys the historical rise and fall of religious orders and congregations and reveals an unfolding pattern that gives hope for the present and future.
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Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781906939
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (819 download)
Download or read book Religion and Organization Theory written by and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the profound influence that religious organizations exert, religion occupies a curiously marginal place in organization theory. This volume aims to make available in one place existing knowledge on religion and organizations, encouraging more organization theorists to include religion as part of their research activities and agenda.
Author : Sandra Marie Schneiders
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809139613
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Finding the Treasure written by Sandra Marie Schneiders and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sandra Schneiders' brilliant and perceptive analysis projects a new model of religious life. Deeply exciting and genuinely consoling ....." [from back cover]
Author : Gerald A. Arbuckle
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441192476
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book From Chaos To Mission written by Gerald A. Arbuckle and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1996-01-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formation is a rite of passage or initiation ritual. This book draws on the findings of social anthropological studies of initiation rituals and contemporary biblical studies of rites of passage. Since initiation rituals are of critical importance in the life journeys of individuals and groups, the book's central theme is relevant to educationalists and ritual leaders in the Church and secular society. Most religious congregations founded since the thirteenth century were formed for prophetic ministry to a world in change, yet for centuries before Vatican II, their candidates were rarely trained explicitly for this task. Through years of quasi-indoctrination and voluntary incarceration they were taught, in a monastic atmosphere of unchanging order, that the world was evil and to be avoided. Conformity to a theological, ecclesiastical and pastoral status quo was the most esteemed value in a candidate. This emphasis was contrary to the very nature of active religious life. Religious must be prophetic challengers of the status quo within the Church and society. Training for membership in active religious congregations, therefore, must now be radically reformed, but there are no road maps available to direct educationalists in developing programmes that would stimulate candidates to be radically creative in ministry. From Chaos to Mission creates a framework for radical thinking and practical action about the critical issue of formation of religious for mission today.
Author : Bernadette Miles
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725270765
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Strengthening Spirit–Releasing Potential written by Bernadette Miles and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what releasing spiritual potential in the workplace might do for your organization? In today's climate of colossal and incredibly fast global change, the world needs new ways to develop discerning leaders to consciously lead our community of life into the future. Though there are many books on leadership, they rarely engage the importance and relevance of spiritual development and spiritual accompaniment in organizational discernment and leadership development. Spiritual formation through spiritual direction has the potential to transform the way we lead organizations in secular and religious settings. Drawing on the wisdom and experience of leaders and spiritual directors, this book, first, broadens our understanding of how spiritual direction can be a resource for leadership and organizational development; second, supports spiritual directors in developing their corporate practice and their understanding of the relevance of spiritual direction for a wider community.
Author : Judith A. Merkle
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814624654
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (246 download)
Download or read book A Different Touch written by Judith A. Merkle and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work speaks of the challenges of religious life today where the essentials of Christian living and union with God are sought with "a different touch." Reflecting on the history of religious life since the nineteenth century, Sister Judith comments on how each of the traditional vows shape the ongoing adult development of the religious, and she relates these vows to current cultural and sociopolitical issues. A Different Touch is addressed both to those in religious formation and to congregations that are engaged in theological renewal.
Author : Eleanor Amico
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135314039
Total Pages : 1279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)
Download or read book Reader's Guide to Women's Studies written by Eleanor Amico and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-03-20 with total page 1279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reader's Guide to Women's Studies is a searching and analytical description of the most prominent and influential works written in the now universal field of women's studies. Some 200 scholars have contributed to the project which adopts a multi-layered approach allowing for comprehensive treatment of its subject matter. Entries range from very broad themes such as "Health: General Works" to entries on specific individuals or more focused topics such as "Doctors."
Author : Thomas P. Gaunt, SJ
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814667392
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)
Download or read book New Faces, New Possibilities written by Thomas P. Gaunt, SJ and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious sisters have created educational and healthcare systems over the past two hundred years that have transformed the Catholic community in the United States. Through their ministry, sisters have served waves of immigrants and those pushed to the margins. The growing cultural diversity of newer sisters and the diminishing number of older sisters, therefore, is both a challenge and a creative moment to be critically examined. This book examines these changes in culture and ethnicity among sisters, the structural impact of diminishing numbers, and the creative response to this new reality for religious life in the United States. In it, sisters from a variety of generations, cultures, and institutes join with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) researchers to examine and reflect on CARA's recent research findings and their impact on the life and ministry of sisters today.
Author : John P. Beal
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 0809105020
Total Pages : 1985 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (91 download)
Download or read book New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law written by John P. Beal and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 1985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entirely new and comprehensive commentary by canon lawyers from North America and Europe, with a revised English translation of the code. Reflects the enormous developments in canon law since the publication of the original commentary. +
