A Long Way from Rome: Why the Australian Catholic Church is in CrisisChris McGillion Allen & Unwin, 2003 - 211 Seiten Many Catholics today described themselves as 'lapsed'. Despite a new hunger for meaning and community, it is clear that over the last decade the Australian Catholic Church has become a marginal influence on society. Repeated accusations of child sexual abuse by priests is taken as a sign of moral bankruptcy, the ongoing refusal to include women in more active roles has left many disenchanted, and attendance at Mass continues to decline. Leading commentators including Morag Fraser, Paul Collins and Damian Grace explore the crisis at the heart of Australian Catholicism. They offer a confronting analysis of the direction for the Church set by Rome, and the way in which this is stifling local initiative and alienating large numbers of Catholics from the institutional life of the Church. A Long Way from Home argues that the problem goes beyond the headlines of sexual abuse and internal dissent to issues of Vatican intervention, the abuse of authority, the decline of ritual, the development of a Catholic cultural ghetto, and the loss of a distinctive Catholic imagination. |
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... laity to a greater or lesser extent , depending on the latter's involvement in the sacramental life of the Church . The laity , for their part , have been primarily affronted by revelations about abusive clergy and the inaction of those ...
... laity to a greater or lesser extent , depending on the latter's involvement in the sacramental life of the Church . The laity , for their part , have been primarily affronted by revelations about abusive clergy and the inaction of those ...
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... laity and clergy alike ; for many Catholics , by contrast , clerical sexual abuse is proof of the need for a fundamental renewal in the Church that embraces at least some of the secular world's standards of equity , accountability and ...
... laity and clergy alike ; for many Catholics , by contrast , clerical sexual abuse is proof of the need for a fundamental renewal in the Church that embraces at least some of the secular world's standards of equity , accountability and ...
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... laity's ' vital commitment ' to the mission of the Church in Australia . It said the increase in active participation of the faithful in liturgical celebrations , the Church's extensive charitable works , its educational institutions ...
... laity's ' vital commitment ' to the mission of the Church in Australia . It said the increase in active participation of the faithful in liturgical celebrations , the Church's extensive charitable works , its educational institutions ...
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... laity had been allowed to develop , with negative consequences for both , it was claimed . The Statement called for greater clarity in this area to preserve the authentic identity of priests and in the interests of encouraging vocations ...
... laity had been allowed to develop , with negative consequences for both , it was claimed . The Statement called for greater clarity in this area to preserve the authentic identity of priests and in the interests of encouraging vocations ...
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... laity but rightly belonging to the ordained clergy and with- drawing from involvement in areas that should be attended by better - informed lay persons . No details or examples of what the authors had in mind in either respect were ...
... laity but rightly belonging to the ordained clergy and with- drawing from involvement in areas that should be attended by better - informed lay persons . No details or examples of what the authors had in mind in either respect were ...
Inhalt
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Why people dont listen to the Pope | 37 |
The silenced majority | 65 |
The lost art of Catholic ritual | 88 |
Popular cultures new high priests | 113 |
Has the Church a future? The generational divide | 145 |
Imagination abandoned | 171 |
Afterword | 194 |
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