Religious Life
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The Elementary Forms Of The New Religious Life
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Author : Roy Wallis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-03-19
The Elementary Forms Of The New Religious Life written by Roy Wallis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-19 with Social Science categories.
This book, first published in 1984, examines the whole range of new religious movements which appeared in the 1960s and 1970s in the West. It develops a wide-ranging theory of these new religions which explains many of their major characteristics. Some of the movements are well-known, such as Scientology, Krishna Consciousness, and the Unification Church. Others such as the Process, Meher Baba, and 3-HO are much less known. While some became international, others remained local; in other ways, too, such as style, belief, organisation, they exhibit enormous diversity. The movements studied here are classified under three ideal types, world-rejecting, world-affirming and world-accommodating, and from here the author develops a theory of the origins, recruitment base, characteristics, and development patterns which they display. The book offers a critical exploration of the theories of the new religions and analyses the highly contentious issue of whether they reflect the process of secularisation, or whether they are a countervailing trend marking the resurgence of religion in the West.
Radical And Free
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Author : Brian O'Leary
language : en
Publisher: Messenger Publications
Release Date : 2017-05-12
Radical And Free written by Brian O'Leary and has been published by Messenger Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-12 with Religion categories.
This book is the result of two preached retreats I gave to mark the recent Year of Consecrated Life (2015). However, the origin of the material goes much further back, drawing on my teaching experience both at Manresa Centre of Spirituality and at Milltown Institute (covering a period of thirty years). In both places I had taught courses on religious life – its history, theology, and most of all its underlying spirituality. Indeed, I have always used history and theology (and other disciplines such as psychology and anthropology) in service of exploring and renewing the spirituality of religious life. Another way of saying this is that I am above all interested in values (as appreciated, appropriated, and articulated). This lies behind my decision to structure the talks (now the book) almost entirely around the vows. After an initial chapter on the origins of religious life, I devote two chapters each to poverty, chastity, and obedience. My emphasis is not on the vows as such (dealing with questions that Canon Law might raise) but on the motivating values that the vows express. Only these values can explain why people enter and flourish in religious life. All religious, without distinction, are called to be “radical and free”.
In Our Own Words
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Author : Juliet Mousseau
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 2018
In Our Own Words written by Juliet Mousseau and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Religion categories.
Written by a diverse group of younger women religious from North America, In Our Own Words offers a collection of essays on issues central to apostolic religious life today. The thirteen authors represent different congregations, charisms, ministries, and histories. The topics and concerns that shape these chapters emerged naturally through a collaborative process of prayer and conversation. Essays focus on the vows and community life, individual identity and congregational charisms, and leadership among younger members leading into the future. The authors hope these chapters may form a springboard for further conversation on religious life, inviting others to share their experiences of religious life in today's world.
Chinese Religious Life
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Author : David A. Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-13
Chinese Religious Life written by David A. Palmer and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-13 with Religion categories.
Offering an introduction to religion in contemporary China, the essays in this volume consider many diverse themes including religion in urban, rural and ethnic minority settings and the historical, sociological, economic and political aspects of religion on the country as a whole.
Discerning Religious Life
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Author : Clare Matthiass
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-04-20
Discerning Religious Life written by Clare Matthiass and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-20 with Discernment (Christian theology) categories.
A guide to help Catholic women discover a vocation to religious life.
The Foundations Of Religious Life
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Author : Council of Superiors of Women Religious
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Foundations Of Religious Life written by Council of Superiors of Women Religious and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Monastic and religious life of women categories.
In keeping with the vision set forth in Vatican II, the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious has maintained a more traditional form of religious life. While most religious orders are now facing marked decline in novitiates and the aging of their members, the communities of the CMSWR are experiencing growth on a worldwide scale. In this visionary manifesto, the CMSWR articulates a vision for the future of women religious, suggesting that their commitment to a more radical gospel-based life and ministry is what attracts young women to religious life. The contributors explain the historical and theological significance of religious consecration, the spousal bond, the vow of chastity, and living in communion. This concise outline of traditional religious life is ideal reading for sisters as well as priests already in religious orders, and for those interested in the shift taking place in the different expressions of religious life.
Exploring The Religious Life
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Author : Rodney Stark
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2004-04
Exploring The Religious Life written by Rodney Stark and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04 with Religion categories.
Together, the essays that constitute Exploring the Religious Life offer an engaging introduction to Rodney Stark's provocative insights and a fearless challenge to academic perceptions about religion's place in history, society, and private life.
Expressing Islam
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Author : Greg Fealy
language : en
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Release Date : 2008
Expressing Islam written by Greg Fealy and has been published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Social Science categories.
As the forces of globalisation and modernisation buffet Islam and other world religions, Indonesia's 200 million Muslims are expressing their faith in ever more complex ways. This book examines some of the ways in which Islam is expressed in contemporary Indonesian life and politics. Editors from Australian National University.
Consecrated Religious Life
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Author : Diarmuid Ó Murchú
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Consecrated Religious Life written by Diarmuid Ó Murchú and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
In 1960, more than 1.3 million men and women religious served the Catholic Church. Today that number is under 900,000. When Diarmuid O'Murchu, a seminal thinker on religious life, predicted this trend in the 1970s many dismissed him as a prophet of doom. Here he re-imagines consecrated religious life as a process of birth-death-rebirth and paints a positive picture for the future that will again be different from that of the past but with the power to transform itself and flourish into the next century as something as fresh as daring as the founders' visions.
Pathways To Religious Life
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Author : Thomas Gaunt, SJ
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-05
Pathways To Religious Life written by Thomas Gaunt, SJ and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-05 with Religion categories.
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.