Gezin, Religie En Moderniteit: Visie En Strategie Van De Belgische Bisschoppen (1830-1940): Family, religion, and modernity: vision and strategy of the Belgian bishops, 1830-1940.
Religious experience and the family was a very regularly recurring theme in the pastoral letters of Belgian bishops between 1830 and 1940. In these, a number of views were so fundamental that they were repeated throughout all these decades: the family was a divine institution and a pillar of society...
| Published in: | Trajecta |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Amsterdam University Press
1995
|
| In: |
Trajecta
Year: 1995, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 103-121 |
| Further subjects: | B
Belgium
B Modernization (Social science) B Bishops B Families B Pastoral letters |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | Religious experience and the family was a very regularly recurring theme in the pastoral letters of Belgian bishops between 1830 and 1940. In these, a number of views were so fundamental that they were repeated throughout all these decades: the family was a divine institution and a pillar of society and the family members were united by bonds of love and reciprocal duties. However, it may also be observed that in the course of time emphasis clearly shifted and other goals were pursued. In this evolution, three periods have been distinguished. From 1830 to about 1880, the duty toward a Christian education was mainly emphasized. In this way, the bishops hoped to avert the rising secularization of the public order or at least slow it down. In the final decades of the 19th century, the energy of the church focused on the Christian family, supported by an individual spirituality and accompanied by concrete guidelines for domestic customs and behavior. The purpose was now the protection of the traditional social order which seemed threatened by subversive socialism. In the interwar period the care for education and the following of correct church law with regard to sexuality and marriage came to the fore in pastoral letters. This time the preservation of a moral code based on church principles was at stake, threatened by new views on sexuality and procreation. In essence, the family was constantly used by the bishops in a different way in their battle with modernity. Although the church gained a growing influence on churchgoers throughout these three periods, it lost influence in public life. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0778-8304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Trajecta
|