| Description |
327 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Section 1. Education and pastoral care. A long list of 'thens': religious education and social change in the Catholic Church in Australia / Graham English -- Sustaining caring teachers in complex educational contexts / Wendy Moran & Elizabeth Labone -- Perception of the 'Other' in Catholic schools in Australia: a national survey / Abe W. Ata -- Section 2. Interfaith, inter-ethnic and cross-cultural dialogue. Muslim-Catholic relations in Australia, with special reference to Melbourne 1995-2010 / John R. Dupuche & Yasser Soliman -- Catholic and Protestant relations and dialogues / Gerard Kelly -- Australian Catholicism and interfaith dialogue / Gerard V. Hall -- Community and Church: the Italian 'problem' in Australia during the inter-war years / Monica Tolcvay -- The evolution of Chinese Catholic communities in Sydney from 1954 to 2010 / Margaret Tam -- Section 3. Identity, gender and civil engagement. Catholic identity / Patrick McArdle -- Counselling in Catholic agencies: issues of mission and identity / Denis Fitzgerald -- Cultural shifts: Lutheran to Catholic / David Schütz -- Finding the lamp: my Bahá'í experience / Boris Handal -- A response to Woman and Man from a research perspective / Sophie McGrath -- |
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Section 4. The Church, spirituality, health care and ethics. Enabling nurses in delivering competent spiritual care / Tracey McDonald & Thomas Harding -- Bereavement anxieties and health among the Australian-Italian Catholic community / Abe W. Ata -- Good teaching, spirituality and the challenge of encountering cultural differences in Australia / Glenn Morrison -- Burnout and job satisfaction among Australian Catholic clergy / Martin Dowson, Maureen Miner & Sam Sterland -- Professional health care education: ethical competence and emotional intelligence as aspects of care / Sandra Lynch -- Section 5. The media. An uneasy dialogue: Catholic media in Australia / Peter Thomas -- Catholicism and the secular media in Australia: a case of mutual misunderstanding / Paul Collins -- Section 6. Family and identity. Catholic and non-Catholic intermarriage: attitudes to children, identity and sharing household responsibilities / Abe W. Ata -- Section 7. The Australian Catholic University: challenges within the wider community. The idea of an Australian Catholic university / Greg Craven -- Section 8. The clergy, religious congregations and the community. The psychological type profile of Australian Catholic congregations: psychological theory and congregational studies / Mandy Robbins & Leslie J. Francis -- Profiling Catholic priests in Australia: an empirical study applying psychological type theory / Leslie J. Francis, Ruth Powell & Mandy Robbins -- Lessons on sin and forgiveness: a crisis in the Roman Catholic Church / Jodi Death -- Catholic movements and global Catholicism: how to shape Catholicism in a new social context / Erik Sengers |
| Summary |
Education and pastoral care - Interfaith, inter-ethnic and cross-cultural dialogue - Identity - gender - Civil engagement - Catholic identity - Chinese catholic community in Sydney - I nterfaith dialogue - Muslim- Catholic relations - The church, spirituality, health care and ethics - The media - Family and identity - The Australian Catholic University - The clergy, religious congregations and the community |
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Over the last 60 years, the Catholic community in Australia has undergone dramatic changes. The outcome of these changes in society and the Church is that today's Catholic community looks very different from that of the 1950s. Author from Melbourne University |
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Australian |
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Roman Catholic Church |
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Christianity and other religions - Australia |
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Catholic Church - Australia - History - 21st century |
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Catholic Church - Australia - Sociological aspects |
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Catholics - Australia |
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Catholic Church - Australia |
| Notes |
Part of the QUT Authors Collection |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Catholic Church.
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Catholic Church -- Relations -- Islam
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Catholic Church -- Australia
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Interreligious dialogue
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Islam -- Relations -- Catholic Church.
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Interfaith marriage -- Australia.
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Catholics -- Australia.
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| Author |
Ata, Abe W, editor
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| ISBN |
9781863551427 (paperback) |
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