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Secularization In Orleans, France: A Case Study Utilizing Mark Chaves' 'New Differentiation Theory', Stephanie J. Beck
Secularization In Orleans, France: A Case Study Utilizing Mark Chaves' 'New Differentiation Theory', Stephanie J. Beck
Honors Theses
Steeped in a heavily religious history, Europe and specifically France provide an intriguing backdrop for a closer look into secularization in present-day Orleans, France. Many various approaches to secularization theory have arisen over the past sixty years. This paper explores the evolution of secularization theory, delving into Mark Chaves' "New Differentiation Theory", based upon religious authority's influence on t he individual, societal, and institutional levels. Though created by an American academician, the "New Differentiation Theory'' provides a new basis of analysis with which one may draw conclusions regarding the state of secularization in a European city (in this case Orleans, …
Two Banks Of The River: The French Influence Of The Red River Region During The Eighteenth Century, Sara Anne Shell
Two Banks Of The River: The French Influence Of The Red River Region During The Eighteenth Century, Sara Anne Shell
Honors Theses
Every river has two banks, in the same way that every story is two-sided. Reserch in any subject will show this to be true, and the key to understanding a region is to explore more than one aspect of its existence, deriving a conclusion from the contradictions encountered. Depicting the influence of France in the Red River region, from 1699 to 1803, different circumstances proceed from the past of its development and peoples, into the present. The intent of this paper has been to discuss France's ambition of colonization by gold rushing, agriculture, and trade, the relations between French, Indian, …