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Keeping Faith: A Qualitative Study On Religiosity Among Young Catholics In Ireland, Michael A. Clements Jan 2020

Keeping Faith: A Qualitative Study On Religiosity Among Young Catholics In Ireland, Michael A. Clements

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Ireland is a country that is well-known for its Catholic heritage. Despite its global perception as a Catholic country, the Emerald Isle has experienced rapid secularization within the last 30 years, during which rates of Church attendance and Catholic self-identification have fallen dramatically. Likewise, the legalization of abortion, gay marriage, and divorce, concepts contrary to Catholic teaching, further reflect the island's departure from Catholic Orthodoxy. Should the Catholic religion have a future in Ireland, it will lie in the hands of its devout youth: a demographic with relatively little representation in the literature.

Using a hybrid interview and survey format, …


Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 1 – The Sociology Of Death, Wku Sociology Oct 1968

Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 1 – The Sociology Of Death, Wku Sociology

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Table of Contents

  • Fulton, Robert L. & Gilbert Geis. Social Change & Social Conflict: The Rabbi & the Funeral
  • Kane, John J. The Irish Wake: A Sociological Appraisal
  • Loveland, Glenn G. The Effects of Bereavement on Certain Religious Attitudes & Behaviors
  • Morgan, Al. The Bier Barons
  • Porter, William H., Jr. Some Sociological Notes on a Century of Change in the Funeral Business
  • Salomone, Jerome J. An Empirical Report on Some Controversial American Funeral Practices
  • Spilka, Bernard, Robert J. Pelligrini & Kathryn Dailey. Religion, American Values & Death Perspectives
  • Strauss, Anselm L., Barney G. Glaser & Jeanne C. Quint. The Nonaccountability …