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Chinese Catholic Priests Training System : The Future of Catholicism in China through the Current Status of Religious Education

Chinese Catholic Priests Training System : The Future of Catholicism in China through the Current Status of Religious Education

Geostrategic Competition of Non-State Actors in Africa: The Roman Catholic Church in the Fight for the «Continent of Hope»)

The Catholic Church of Africa understand the spiritual and material needs of Africans, which allows Catholicism to compete quite successfully with other religions for their souls and hearts. The Vatican takes into account that modern Africa is a continent with a huge and rapidly growing population, facing such serious challenges as global poverty and disease, corruption, economic instability, political crises. This explains the humanitarian focus of the Catholic Church on the continent, which offers Africans, along with spiritual support, educational and medical services. The Catholic hierarchs of Africa and the Vatican face a number of painful issues, the future of Catholicism on the «continent of hope» depends to a large extent on their solution. Africa consists of more than 50 independent states, and the Catholic Church needs to build correct relations with completely different political regimes on the continent – from the extreme left to the right and nationalist. Since the colonial times, the Catholic hierarchy, to a much greater degree than the Protestant churches organized according to the network principle, was distinguished by its political commitment. However, in modern Africa, the Catholic Church must remain above political fights, to affirm its status as an arbiter in conflicts tearing up African society. Despite a completely optimistic picture of the development of Catholicism in Africa, the alarming signal for Catholic hierarchs is the fact that with an increase in the share of Catholics in the population of the continent, since 1970 there has been a decrease in their share in the Christian population. This trend persists for all the largest Catholic countries in Africa. Thus, Protestantism so far wins in the competition with Catholicism for the African flock. One of the most effective ways to strengthen the authority of the Catholic Church remains regular visits of the pontiff to African countries. It is during these visits that the Pope can establish contacts with the governments of the countries at the highest level, as well as with representatives of religious, public circles, cultural and business figures, communicating to them the opinion of the leadership of the Catholic Church on the broadest issues – not only humanitarian, but also socio-political character. Moreover, the visits of the Pope, organized as pilgrimages, are not only of great political, but also religious and emotional significance for the population of the country he is visiting, attracting large masses of people to participate in this event.

Review: The Future of Catholicism in America, edited by Patricia O’Connell Killen and Mark Silk

Book Review| November 01 2019 Review: The Future of Catholicism in America, edited by Patricia O’Connell Killen and Mark Silk The Future of Catholicism in America. Edited by Patricia O’Connell Killen and Mark Silk. Columbia University Press, 2019. 384 pages. $105.00 cloth; $35.00 paper; ebook available. Nova Religio (2019) 23 (2): 139. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2019.23.2.139 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Review: The Future of Catholicism in America, edited by Patricia O’Connell Killen and Mark Silk. Nova Religio 1 November 2019; 23 (2): 139. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2019.23.2.139 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentNova Religio Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2019 by The Regents of the University of California2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

The Future of Catholicism in America

The Future of Catholicism in America

Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism: “Evangelii Gaudium” and the Future of Catholicism. Edited by Gerard Mannion. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. xx + 247 pages. $100.00.

Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism: “Evangelii Gaudium” and the Future of Catholicism. Edited by Gerard Mannion. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. xx + 247 pages. $100.00. - Volume 45 Issue 1

Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism, edited by Gerard Mannion

Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism, edited by Gerard Mannion

Book Review: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism: Evangelii Gaudium and the Papal Agenda

Book Review: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism: Evangelii Gaudium and the Papal Agenda

Book Review: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism: Evangelii Gaudium and the Papal Agenda. Ed. Gerard Mannion

Book Review: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism: Evangelii Gaudium and the Papal Agenda. Ed. Gerard Mannion

Book Review: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism in the United States: The Challenge of Becoming a Church for the Poor. Edited by Erin Brigham, Dave E. DeCosse, and Michael Duffy

Book Review: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism in the United States: The Challenge of Becoming a Church for the Poor. Edited by Erin Brigham, Dave E. DeCosse, and Michael Duffy

Vatikan II setelah 50 Tahun: Quo Vadimus

Pope Francis’s statement “I am the Vatican II” sounds a manifesto. To which direction is the wind blowing the Church’s ark, we might have already guessed. The existing dichotomy between the liberal and the conservative as well as the tension between the primacies of the pastoral and the dogmatic will yet be conflicting and colliding with each other. After 50 years, the 2nd Vatican Council and the ongoing future discussions about the basic pastoral directions within the Catholicism are to this day white-hot. The Pope could be anyone. But theologians, for these are who make the <em>lineamenta</em> of a new document, will continue to colour the trend of the Church in giving responses to the signs of the time. The future of Catholicism will not be viewed as limited as the lens of the Vatican II. The future humanism will challenge the Church with wider and more complex considerations rather than dwelling on the problems of dialogue with other religions apologetically or racketing with traditionalism, liberalism, and sekularism. There are pressing matters such as ecology, global warming, terrorism, and the sprawling gap between the poor and the rich. Macro-ethics has become more imperative than micro-ethics. The Catholic Church is called out to create “a better world for all” – the Kingdom of God that is inclusive and at a stroke pluralistic.<br /><br />

American Church: The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall, and Uncertain Future of Catholicism in America by Russell Shaw

American Church: The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall, and Uncertain Future of Catholicism in America by Russell Shaw

Challenging Catholicism

At the start of the twenty-first century, Catholicism is still the prevailing belief system of most Italians but a project on Italian religion and spirituality, carried out in 2007, has found that Italians are becoming more interested in the matter of spirituality. In this article I analyse the main findings of the Italian Religion and Spirituality Project in the light of how spirituality is conceived in Italy; or what meanings the term spirituality assumes in a prevalently Catholic country. In what social circles does alternative spirituality show itself? What is the relationship between spirituality and Catholicism? What inferences may we draw with regard to the future of Catholicism? In order to answer these questions I try to make a contribution to that spirituality which – although in Italy is just being born – on the international level is now walking and talking. After providing an overview of the growing interest in spirituality in the Italian socio-cultural setting, various aspects are illustrated: Italians’ self-assessments of religiosity and spirituality; meanings of spirituality; involvement in church and/or in holistic activities; and various attitudinal variables, such as preference, beliefs and identification.

Communal Bishops and the Future of Catholicism

The problematic aspects of bishops in contemporary Catholicism are addressed sympathetically but critically under four themes: (1) reassessing the lay trustee system, (2) renewing the process for selecting bishops, (3) financial disclosure, and (4) aspects of protocol and lifestyle. The scholarship supporting such initiatives is shared, and the case is made for more communal bishops as a need for the future of Catholicism. The article aims to inform an ecumenical readership.

It's Probably Good to Talk

It’s Probably Good to Talk Paul L. Harris (bio) Abstract Despite their diverse themes, the various articles in this special issue all focus on the possibility that the child’s view of the world is infused with premises and assumptions taken on board from other people. Demonstrating that process of transmission from parent to child is not easy. One powerful strategy would be to show that parental discourse predicts the cognitive attainments of adopted children. Meantime, the articles provide encouraging evidence for the following conclusions: (1) parents vary not just in the sophistication of the emotional insight that they nurture in their children but also in the positive—or negative—orientation of that insight; (2) mothers who offer more explanations in discussing a family conflict have children who report more flexible coping; (3) mothers’ metamemory comments are associated with children’s sensitivity to the way in which a given source of information supplies information; (4) mothers often invite children to contemplate the future by reminding them of similar occasions in the past; and (5) parental use of analogy is associated with greater scientific understanding on the part of the child. Despite their diverse themes, the various articles in this special issue all focus on the possibility that the child's view of the world is infused with premises and assumptions taken on board from other people. Demonstrating that process of transmission from parent to child is not easy. One powerful strategy would be to show that parental discourse predicts the cognitive attainments of adopted children. Meantime, the articles provide encouraging evidence for the following conclusions: (1) parents vary not just in the sophistication of the emotional insight that they nurture in their children but also in the positive—or negative—orientation of that insight; (2) mothers who offer more explanations in discussing a family conflict have children who report more flexible coping; (3) mothers' metamemory comments are associated with children's sensitivity to the way in which a given source of information supplies information; (4) mothers often invite children to contemplate the future by reminding them of similar occasions in the past; and (5) parental use of analogy is associated with greater scientific understanding on the part of the child. As adults, vast tracts of what we believe to be the case depend on social input. Consider the future. No doubt, we can privately decide where we will eat lunch or where we will go for our next vacation. Yet our anticipation of how larger issues will unfold—the future of Catholicism, prospects for democracy in the Middle East, whether Prince Charles will become king—depends on our assimilation of others' testimony. Our sense of where the world is headed is not something we know off our own bat. Or consider the gathering pace of scientific knowledge. We may be personally skeptical of scientific claim X, and very occasionally we can check [End Page 158] claim Y for ourselves. For innumerable other scientific claims, however, we are not much better off than kindergartners. We have to rely on expert authority to tell us about the origin of species, global warming, or the possible benefits of stem cell research. Finally, consider our private mental states. Here, finally, it is tempting to agree with Descartes and to congratulate ourselves on a domain where we can come to our own indubitable conclusions. Well, yes and no. Admittedly, we are often in a privileged position with respect to our own particular beliefs, emotions, and recollections. However, a growing body of developmental research shows that the acquisition of the framework that we use to identify and characterize those mental states is critically dependent on the conversations we have with others (Astington & Baird, 2005; Harris, de Rosnay, & Pons, 2005). In short, what we take to be the case about our changing world, about cosmological and biological processes, and even about the nature of our inner life is scarcely the unalloyed product of our own firsthand observation or ratiocination. The articles in this special issue cover a wide range of topics, yet I see them all as a further contribution to the general claim that the child's view of the world—and ultimately the adult...

J.-J. Rousseau et J.-G. Le Franc de Pompignan. La «Profession de foi du vicaire savoyard» et «De la religion civile» critiqués par l'Instruction pastorale

In his Instruction pastorale de Mgr l'Evêque du Puy sur la prétendue philosophie des incrédules modernes (1763), Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan refuted Jean-Jacques Rousseau's positions on the essential Catholic doctrine of Revelation on one hand, and on toleration and patriotism on the other. Lefranc' s criticism brings out Rousseau's position half-way between the Philosophes and the Catholics in both the past, present and future of Catholicism, as he tried to combine the Philosophe' s toleration with Christian charity, and to reconcile reason and Scripture. Thus he represents a third way between the Philosophes and the faithful, which was not an easy position in the historical context of the Century. Rousseau was perfectly aware that Lefranc de Pompignan was the only one who understood this intermediate position, without however sharing it.

Speaking in New Tongues: Karl Rahner's Writings from the Grave

Karl Rahner's last four years were no less productive than the preceding four decades. After his death in 1984 several collections of his works appeared in English. They show a heartfelt concern for the unfinished work of Vatican II, especially for the reform of the teaching office of the Church, for the future of Catholicism in a world Church, and for the future of Christianity among world religions and new humanisms. This article explores these critical issues in Rahner's final writings and argues that, while the theology is not new, the conclusions are more pressing than before.

Out of the Ghetto: the Ironies of Acceptance

INTRODUCTION This paper is in four parts: the first draws attention to some very general features of religion in the modem world; the second reviews changes in the position of the Irish and their descendants in Scotiand; the third describes recent changes in the position of the Roman Catholic Church in Scouand; and the fourth brings the first three together to make one simple point about the future of Catholicism in Scodand.

The Main Sheet Anchor: John Carroll and Catholic Higher Education

John Carroll was disturbed about the future of Catholicism as he surveyed the scene in the aftermath of the American Revolution. As a supporter of the patriot movement he was pleased that the policy of religious toleration allowed Catholics to participate fully in the political life of the new nation. No doubt he also perceived that the wartime alliance with Catholic France had done much to improve the status of the church among his countrymen. But these positive features were outweighed by the disorganization of the church and the apathy of her ministers. There were only about two dozen priests in the new republic, several of whom were too old to be of any use. But even the younger ones seemed listless and demoralized.