DOCSLIB.ORG

Towards a Postmodern Concept of Spirituality Within European Population

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Towards a Postmodern Concept of Spirituality Within European Population University of Huddersfield Repository Kielkiewicz, Krzysztof Towards a Postmodern Concept of Spirituality Within European Population Original Citation Kielkiewicz, Krzysztof (2016) Towards a Postmodern Concept of Spirituality Within European Population. Doctoral thesis, University of Huddersfield. This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/28352/ The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of the University, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the items on this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners. Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided: • The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy; • A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and • The content is not changed in any way. For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, please contact the Repository Team at: [email protected]. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/ TOWARDS A POSTMODERN CONCEPT OF SPIRITUALITY WITHIN EUROPEAN POPULATION Krzysztof Kielkiewicz, MA Supervisor Dr Daniel Boduszek A thesis submitted to the University of Huddersfield in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The University of Huddersfield 2016 "If you are what you should be, you will set the world on fire!" St. Catherine of Siena “The supply of words in the world market is plentiful, But the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now” Lech Walesa i Acknowledgments There are a number of people to whom I express my gratitude as they helped me to complete this work Dr Daniel Boduszek For supervision of this thesis Professor Philip Sheldrake For the great favour of discussing current matters of spirituality with me during the personal interview for this thesis Lech Walesa Former President of the Republic of Poland For giving me the privilege of a special interview for the purposes of this thesis To my wife Anna For patience, understanding and help during the years of the study i Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................. I TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................ II LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................... VI LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................... VIII LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................... IX LIST OF PHOTOS ........................................................................................................X COPYRIGHT STATEMENT ......................................................................................... XI PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS ARISING FROM THE THESIS .......................... XII ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................ 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER 2 METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY .................................................................... 10 2.1. Introduction ................................................................................................. 11 2.2. The Qualitative Part of the Thesis ............................................................... 12 2.2.1. What is a Definition? An Ontological and Epistemological Account . 12 2.2.2. Lonergan’s Structure of Cognition. Authentic Subjectivity and Objective Knowledge in Spirituality .............................................................. 15 2.2.3. Application of Aristotle’s and Lonergan’s Theory into a Structure of the Study. Narrative Approach. ...................................................................... 16 2.3. Quantitative part of the Study ..................................................................... 18 2.3.1. Data Retrieved From the Qualitative Part of the Study ....................... 19 2.3.2. Previous Application of Quantitative Methods in Study of Spirituality ........................................................................................................................ 20 2.3.3. Development of Postmodern Model of Spirituality (PMS) ................. 21 2.3.4. Survey Development ............................................................................ 24 2.3.5. Procedure: Ethical Approval and Data Collection ............................... 25 CHAPTER 3 POSTMODERNITY AND POSTMODERNISM ................................................. 27 3.1. Introduction ................................................................................................. 28 3.2. Postmodern Terminology: Postmodernity, Postmodernism and their Operational Definitions ...................................................................................... 29 3.3. Science ........................................................................................................ 34 3.4. Religion ....................................................................................................... 37 3.5. Culture ......................................................................................................... 40 3.6. Popular Culture ........................................................................................... 43 3.7. Summary ..................................................................................................... 46 ii CHAPTER 4 HISTORICAL SILHOUETTES OF SPIRITUALITY ........................................ 48 4.1. Introduction ................................................................................................. 49 4.2. Definition of Spirituality in Terms of Semantic Structure .......................... 50 nephesh)........................................................................................ 52) שפנ .4.2.1 ruah) .............................................................................................. 53) חור .4.2.2 4.2.3. Ψυχή (psyche) ...................................................................................... 56 4.2.4. Πνεύμα (pneuma) ................................................................................. 58 4.2.5. ‘Spiritualitas’ and ‘Spirituality’ ........................................................... 60 4.2.6. Summary .............................................................................................. 61 4.3.1. Spirituality in the Early Christians (1st - 3rd Century) .............................. 63 4.3.2. Summary .............................................................................................. 68 4.4.1. Spirituality Initiated by Desert Fathers (3rd - 5th Century) ....................... 69 4.4.2. Summary .............................................................................................. 71 4.5. Social Establishment of Spirituality in the Middle-Ages (5th - 16th Century) ............................................................................................................................ 73 4.5.1. Historical Background ......................................................................... 73 4.5.2. Pagan Religions .................................................................................... 73 4.5.3. Monastic Spirituality ............................................................................ 76 4.5.4. Lay Spirituality .................................................................................... 78 4.5.5. Warrior Spirituality .............................................................................. 80 4.5.6. Summary .............................................................................................. 81 4.6. Spirituality in the Modern World (16th– 19th Century) ............................... 83 4.6.1. The Concept of Spirituality .................................................................. 83 4.6.2. Reformation.......................................................................................... 84 4.6.3. Reform and Counter Reformation ........................................................ 87 4.6.4. Late Modernity ..................................................................................... 92 4.6.5. Summary .............................................................................................. 95 CHAPTER 5 POSTMODERN MANIFESTATION OF SPIRITUALITY ............................... 97 5.1. Introduction ................................................................................................. 98 5.2.1. Classical Approach to Spirituality ....................................................... 99 5.2.2. Summary ............................................................................................ 104 5.3. Secular Perceptions of Spirituality ............................................................ 105 5.3.1. Cultural Environment ......................................................................... 105 5.3.2. Spirituality of a Workplace ................................................................ 108 5.3.3. Spirituality of Health Care and Medicine .........................................
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Zeitschrift Für Die Geschichte Und Altertumskunde Ermlands, Band 44, 1988
    Zeitschrift für die Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ermlands Band 44 1988 Zeitschrift für die Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ermlands Im Namen des Historischen Vereins für Ermland e. V. (Sitz Münster i. W.) herausgegeben vom Vorstand des Vereins Band44 1988 ------~~---- ZGAE = Zeitschrift für die Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ermlands Schriftleitung: Dr. Hans-Jürgen Karp Selbstverlag des Historischen Vereins für Ermland Ermlandweg 22, 4400 Münster i. W. Auslieferung für den Buchhandel durch den Verlag A. Fromm, Osnabrück 1988 ISSN 0342-3344 INHALTSVERZEICHNIS Aufsätze Brigitte Poschmann Das Ermland in der deutschen Geschichtsschreibung der Ge- genwart .......................................................................................... 7 Warmia w niemieckiej wsp6lczesnej historiografii .. .. ... .. ..... 25 Warmia in Present German History ............................................. 26 Anneliese Triller Tomasz Ujejski (1612 -1689) - ein heiligmäßiger ermländischer Dompropst . .. ......... ... .. .. .... .... .. .. .... ... ............ ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... 29 Tomasz Ujejsk.i (1612- 1689) - uwaZ8ny za swi~tego prepozyt warmiflski . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ 35 Tomasz Ujejski (1612-1689)- a Saintly Warmian Chapter Pro- vost ................................................................................................. 35 Janusz Jasinski Der Ermländische Verein von 1848 ... .. ..... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... ... ... .. 37 Stowarzyszenie Warminskie z 1848 roku
    [Show full text]
  • More Precious Than Gold
    More Precious Than Gold. Treasures of the Polish National Library. Edited by Halina Tchórzewska-Kabata; with the assistance of Maciej Dabrowski. Translated into English by Janina Dorosz; revised from the Polish and ed- ited by Philip Earl Steele. Design and creation of electronic version – Wojciech Buksowicz, with the assistance of H. Tchórzewska-Kabata. Warszawa, Biblioteka Narodowa, 2003 More Precious Than Gold. Treasures of the Polish National Library, the al- bum we published in 2000, comprises pictorial and descriptive presentations of 105 of the most valuable, beautiful, and oft’times unique monuments of Polish and European culture and letters. These treasures represent all the many categories of the collections safeguarded at the National Library in War- saw: old and modern manuscripts, early and recent prints, musicalia and maps, graphic art and drawings, the first photographs and sound-recordings and documents on social life. Now we are pleased to be able to present More Precious Than Gold. Treas- ures of the Polish National Library in electronic form. In its printed form our album is distinguished by its highly meticulous editorial elaboration and the artistry of its graphic design and layout. This was made possible thanks to the financial support that Polkomtel S.A., the operator of PLUS GSM digital mobile telephone network, graciously extended to the National Library. The bibliophilic excellence of More Precious Than Gold has not been suc- cessfully transferred to the screen. Notwithstanding this, the album’s sub- stantive portions – its forewords and 105 descriptive texts – have been pre- served in their entirety. Moreover, our album’s iconographic presentations have proved to be surpassingly attractive in electronic form.
    [Show full text]
  • Ściągnij Pdf (Wrzesień 2009)
    02-15 VII blog 10/9/09 10:22 Page 1 02-15 VII blog 10/9/09 10:23 Page 2 02-15 VII blog 10/9/09 10:23 Page 4 5 To ju˝ ostatnie chwile w tym roku, aby na polskich jeziorach i nad morzem prze˝yç przygod´ na hobie catach. Co to jest? Dowiecie si´ na stronie 56. This is the last moment to try out hobie Czy warto? O tym chyba nie trzeba cats on Polish lakes and seaside. What przekonywaç! Kajaki, ˝aglówki, wind- is a hobie cat? You will find out on page surfing, narty wodne w Ostródzie to 56. Is it worth trying? I don’t think our kolejne propozycje na weekend nad wodà. Wrzesieƒ to równie˝ czas, kiedy readers need convincing! Kayaks, drzewa strojà si´ w bajeczne kolory je- motorboats, windsurfing, water-skiing in sieni. Ruszajmy zatem na wypraw´ po Ostróda, these are even more ideas wijàcych si´ w lasach Êcie˝kach rowe- how to spend a weekend by the water. rowych. Polecamy trasy w Kielcach September is also a time when the i okolicach Buska. Tych, którzy t´sknià forests take on fairytale-like autumn za relaksem w s∏oƒcu, zapraszamy do colours. Let us set out on a journey spa w Egipcie, a amatorów przygody, through the winding bicycling paths in do... Âwiàtyni Skaczàcych Kotów forests. We recommend routes in w Birmie. Kielce and Busko area. Those who have already missed the sun can go to a spa in Egypt with us and to those who miss adventures we introduce the Jumping Cats Monastery in Myanmar.
    [Show full text]
  • Exploring the Distinctiveness of Neo-Latin Jesuit Didactic Poetry in Naples: the Case of Nicolò Partenio Giannettasio 24 Claudia Schindler
    Exploring Jesuit Distinctiveness <UN> Jesuit Studies Modernity through the Prism of Jesuit History VOLUME 6 The Boston College International Symposia on Jesuit Studies VOLUME 1 Edited by Robert Aleksander Maryks (Boston College) Editorial Board James Bernauer, S.J. (Boston College) Louis Caruana, S.J. (Pontif icia Università Gregoriana, Rome) Emanuele Colombo (DePaul University) Paul Grendler (University of Toronto, emeritus) Yasmin Haskell (University of Western Australia) Ronnie Po-chia Hsia (Pennsylvania State University) Thomas M. McCoog, S.J. (Fordham University) Mia Mochizuki (New York University Abu Dhabi and Institute of Fine Arts, New York) Sabina Pavone (Università degli Studi di Macerata) Moshe Sluhovsky (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Jeffrey Chipps Smith (The University of Texas at Austin) The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/js <UN> Exploring Jesuit Distinctiveness Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Ways of Proceeding within the Society of Jesus Edited by Robert Aleksander Maryks Published for the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College LEIDEN | BOSTON <UN> This is an open access title distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NonDerivative 3.0 Unported (cc-by-nc-nd 3.0) License, which permits any noncommercial use, and distribution, provided no alterations are made and the original author(s) and source are credited. Cover illustration: “Iuvenes ex Academia Parisiensi novem eligit, ac socios consilii sui detinat” ([Ignatius] chooses nine young men from the University of Paris and makes them companions of his project). Vita Beati P. Ignatii Loiolae Societatis Iesu fundatoris (Rome, 1609), plate 39. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Maryks, Robert A., editor.
    [Show full text]
  • Publishing Subversive Texts in Elizabethan England and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
    Publishing Subversive Texts in Elizabethan England and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth <UN> Library of the Written Word VOLUME 52 The Handpress World Editor-in-Chief Andrew Pettegree (University of St Andrews) Editorial Board Ann Blair (Harvard University) Falk Eisermann (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preuβischer Kulturbesitz) Ian Maclean (All Souls College, Oxford) Angela Nuovo (University of Udine) Mark Towsey (University of Liverpool) Malcolm Walsby (University of Rennes ii) VOLUME 39 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/lww <UN> Publishing Subversive Texts in Elizabethan England and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Edited by Teresa Bela Clarinda Calma Jolanta Rzegocka LEIDEN | BOSTON <UN> Cover illustration: [Richard Verstegan], Descriptiones quaedam illius inhumanae et multiplicis persecutionis, quam in Anglia propter fidem sustinent Catholice Christiani. Francisco Zanetti: Romae, 1584. Photo courtesy of Czartoryski Library in Kraków, Shelfmark 1784 iii. Want or need Open Access? Brill Open offers you the choice to make your research freely accessible online in exchange for a publication charge. Review your various options on brill.com/brill-open. Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill.” See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 1874-4834 isbn 978-90-04-32078-9 (hardback) isbn 978-90-04-32080-2 (e-book) Copyright 2016 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill nv incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher.
    [Show full text]
  • The Jesuit Science Network 79 3.1
    THE JESUIT SCIENCE NETWORK A digital prosopography on Jesuit scholars in the early modern sciences Inauguraldissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophie in der Fakultät für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal vorgelegt von Dagmar Mrozik aus Bad Jastrzemb/PL 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Volker Remmert (BUW) 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Matteo Valleriani (MPIWG) Eingereicht am 28.09.2017 Disputation am 01.02.2018 The PhD thesis can be quoted as follows: urn:nbn:de:hbz:468-20181211-142016-1 [http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn%3Anbn%3Ade%3Ahbz% 3A468-20181211-142016-1] Table of contents List of Figures 7 List of Tables 9 1. Introduction 11 2. Jesuit science in the early modern period 17 2.1. Early modern sciences: Subject and terminology . 18 2.2. The Society of Jesus . 29 2.2.1. Characterization and history in the early modern period . 29 2.2.2. Jesuit science . 33 2.2.3. Story detail: From the Constitutiones Societatis Iesu (1558) to the Ratio Studiorum (1599) . 41 2.3. Carlos Sommervogel’s Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus . 59 2.3.1. Terminology . 59 2.3.2. The Jesuit bibliographical tradition . 60 2.3.3. The Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus . 63 2.4. Outlining the contents of Jesuit science in the early modern period . 66 2.4.1. Gaspar Schott’s Cursus mathematicus . 67 2.4.2. Steven Harris’ modern stocktaking . 70 3. The Jesuit Science Network 79 3.1. From research interest to research task . 81 3.2. Data sources . 84 3.3.
    [Show full text]