Search for dissertations about: "catholic church history"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words catholic church history.

  2. 1. Confessional Civilising in Ukraine : The Bishop Iosyf Shumliansky and the Introduction of Reforms in the Diocese of Lviv 1668-1708

    Author : Piotr Wawrzeniuk; David Gaunt; Frank E. Sysyn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Early Modern; Poland; Ukraine; Greek Orthodox Church; Greek Catholic Church; Uniate Church; Confessionalisation; Lviv; Lwów; Lemberg; History; Historia;

    Abstract : This work examines and analyses the reform attempts undertaken by the Greek Orthodox and Uniate Bishop of Lviv, Iosyf Shumliansky, during his episcopacy (1668-1708). These reforms are seen as a means of facing the intensified confessionalising pressures at state and regional levels in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. READ MORE

  4. 2. A Culture for the Christian Commonwealth : Antonio Possevino, Authority, History, and the Venetian Interdict

    Author : Andreas Mazetti Petersson; Magnus Lundberg; Erik Åkerlund; Filippo De Vivo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Antonio Possevino; Society of Jesus; Venetian Interdict; Culture; Catholic Church; Authority and power; Roman Pontiff; Apparato All’Historia; Historical exempla; Christian Commonwealth; Accommodation; Apparato All Historia; Church History; Kyrkohistoria;

    Abstract : In this study, I investigate the authorial intentions of the early modern Jesuit Antonio Possevino (1533–1611) aiming to contribute to the understanding of his activities as an author, diplomatic administrator and missionary. I carry out analyses of his evaluative criteria of various topics and disciplines, such as history, geography, and politics. READ MORE

  5. 3. On Voyage with Cristóvão Colombo : The Privatization of Catholic Orphan Care in São Paulo City, 1892-1922

    Author : Marianne Wifvesson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Latin American History; Brazil; Catholic Church; privatization; abandonment; childhood; education; delinquency; institutional childcare; orphanage; Barnhem; Historia; Brasilien; 1892-1922; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : In 1890, the military overthrew the monarchy, separated the Church from the State, and installed a Federal Republic in Brazil. The decentralization of political powers enhanced the abilities of each federal state to shape its own politics of childhood. READ MORE

  6. 4. Church, State and People in Mozambique : An Historical Study with Special Emphasis on Methodist Developments in the Inhambane Region

    Author : Alf Helgesson; Carl F. Hallencreutz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Inhambane; Mozambique; Protestant Mission; Catholicism; Methodist Episcopal Mission; Migrant labour; Forced labour; Resistance; Portugalization; Africanization; Liberation; FRELIMO; Missionary studies; Missionsvetenskap; Missionsvetenskap; Studies of Missions;

    Abstract : King Ngungunyana was the lord of the mighty Gaza Empire, covering most of the interior Mozambique south of the Zambezi and parts of present Zimbabwe, when the Portuguese in 1885 were requested by the Berlin Congress to accelerate their colonization. The small enclaves around certain port towns were no longer sufficient, in order to claim the territory as one's colony. READ MORE

  7. 5. Change and Identity : Protestant English Interpretations of John Henry Newman's Secession, 1845–1864

    Author : Erik Sidenvall; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kristna kyrkans historia; History of the Christian church; Anglo-Catholicism; Evangelicalism; anti-Catholicism; Roman Catholic Church; Church of England; John Henry Newman; communication; national identity; interpretation; Change of religious affiliation; England; Nineteenth century; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Abstract : This dissertation argues that the English Protestant interpretations between 1845 and 1864 of John Henry Newman’s secession were related to the notions which formed part of the British national identity. It demonstrates how various writers modelled their interpretations of Newman’s secession on the beliefs of British anti-Catholicism. READ MORE