The Catholic Question in Contemporary Portuguese Civil Society: A Case of Muted Vibrancy? CES Papers - Open Forum #14, 2012

The ‘Catholic question’ in contemporary Portugal obliges us to consider whether Catholicism will remain a force in Portuguese associational life in the next century, or whether it faces a future of slow and steady decline. On the one hand, an overall statistical drop of church membership, and the lack of religious practice by almost half of self-identified Roman Catholics, suggests that the future of the Catholic Church in Portugal will probably be very different than the past. On the other hand, the church’s support for democratic processes, the important social services it provides, and its educational establishment, have certainly been a positive factor in Portuguese associational life, and helped the larger process of democratic-regime consolidation since the Carnation Revolution of 1974. This paper suggests that social scientists need to move beyond the lens normally applied to the question of Catholicism in contemporary Europe (i.e. it is a dying, anti-modern, anti-rational, conservative institution), and instead consider the complex interplay of its demographic challenges combined with the popular sources of its theological and spiritual strength, as well as its vital societal contributions, to assess whether or not it will remain a force in Portuguese associational life in the future.

Essays,

A Jesuit reformer and poet [F. [Spee] (19th cent., August, 1885)--Revelations of the after-world (19th cent., February, 1887)--Savonarola (The Weekly register, September, 1899)--M. Emery, superior of St. Sulpice (1789-1811) (Dub. R., October, 1887)--Auricular confession.--The pope and the Anglican archbishops (19th cent., July, 1897)--Ritualism, Roman Catholicism, and converts (Contemp., February, 1879)--On certain ecclesiastical miracles (19th cent., August 1891)--Irresponsible opinion (Macmil., March, 1885)--The ethics of war (19th cent., May 1899)--The passion of the past (Macmil., September, 1887)--Some memories of a prison chaplain (Macmil., February, 1898)--Purcell's life of Cardinal Manning.--Appendix: Some notes on Fr. Ryder's controversy with Dr. Ward.

The finality of Christ, and other sermons,

The economics of the Incarnation -- The discovery of God in thought -- Evolution and the fall -- Christ as a school of culture -- The necessity for re-education -- The necessity of confession -- The revival of catholicism -- The inconstancy of human goodness -- The quest for God -- The final hope for every man -- The psychology of hate -- The finality of Christ.

A pure Christianity the world's only hope /

Mode of access: Internet.

Short studies on great subjects,

[Ser. 1] The science of history. Times of Erasmus & Luther. The influence of the reformation on the Scottish character. The philosophy of Catholicism. A plea for the free discussion of theological difficulties. Criticism & the gospel history. The Book of Job. Spinoza. The dissolution of the monasteries. England's forgotten worthies. Homer. The lives of the saints. Representative men. Reynard the fox. The cat's pilgrimage. Fables: I. The lions & the oxen. II. The farmer & the fox. Parable of the breadfruit tree. Compensation.

The mysteries of popery unveiled, in the unparalleled sufferings of John Coustos, at the Inquisition of Lisbon.

"A sketch of the lives of the Popes of Rome, and their succession": p. [279]-300.

Report of the first Anglo-Catholic Congress, London, 1920 /

Published for the Committee of the Congress.

Loyola: and Jesuitism in its rudiments,

Mode of access: Internet.

Characteristics from the writings of John Henry Newman : being selections personal, historical, philosophical, and religious, from his various works /

Includes index.

A discourse on the duty of sustaining the laws occasioned by the burning of the Ursuline Convent : delivered at the First Church in Medford, Sunday, August 24, 1834 /

"Published by request."

Trial of John R. Buzzell : before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts for arson and burglary in the Ursuline Convent at Charlestown.

Mode of access: Internet.

Lorette : the history of Louise, daughter of a Canadian nun, exhibiting the interior of female convents.

Mode of access: Internet.

Die theologische Schule Oxfords : Sammlung von Aktenstücken /

"Aus dem Französischen."

Puseyism not a popish bane, but a Catholic antidote /

Includes bibliographical references.

Papal Rome as it is,

Mode of access: Internet.