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The Catholic Church and Community
Patrick O'FarrellPatrick James O'Farrell
其他書名
An Australian History
出版New South Wales University Press, 1985
主題History / GeneralReligion / GeneralReligion / Christianity / CatholicSocial Science / Sociology of Religion
ISBN08684022579780868402253
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BkEvAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Throughout Australia's history, Catholics - until recently mostly of Irish origin - have numbered about a quarter of the population, makding them by far the largest active religious group in Australia. Since Australia's beginnings, Catholics have exercised a powerful and sometimes controversial influence throughout Australian society. This work surveys the Catholic religion and community from early colonial society to the present day. Some of Australia's most notable historical figures have been prominent members of the Catholic church and laity. The book includes assessments of some of these remarkable and important figures, particularly those from among the church hierarchy: Polding, Moran, Mannix and Kelly. It also describes the changing composition and character fof the Catholic laity and its relationship with the rest of Australian society. The book provides a balanced discussion of many of the contentious issues which have faced, and are facing, the church and laity. These include education, conscription, the effects of the pronouncements of the second Vatican Council, the role of women in the church, birth control, and, most importantly, the growing urgency for the church to find a more genuinely Australian identity in the twentieth century.