Journal of Religious History 

About: Journal of Religious History is an academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Computer science & Politics. It has an ISSN identifier of 0022-4227. Over the lifetime, 1027 publications have been published receiving 4903 citations. The journal is also known as: The Journal of religious history.

The Papacy and Monastic Observance in the Later Middle Ages : The Benedictina in England

Abstract: Bien que relatif, le succes de la legislation monastique de Benoit XII fut plus grand en Angleterre que sur le continent| quand les papes ne parvinrent plus, ensuite, a surveiller les moines, les rois anglais s'en chargerent. Concerne les benedictins, les cisterciens, les chanoines reguliers de saint Augustin| " Benedictina " est un terme collectif designant quatre bulles, decrets ou constitutions de Benoit XII, dont le principal est " Summi Magistri " du 20 juin 1336. Ces documents touchaient l'administration, l'observance, les etudes

What was the religious crisis of the 1960s

Abstract: The crisis of the 1960s is now central to debates about religious change and secularisation in the twentieth century. However, the nature of the crisis is contested. Using Hugh McLeod's The Religious Crisis of the 1960s (2007) as a starting point, this article explores the issues that divide scholars — the origin and length of the crisis (was it revolution or evolution?); was it generated more by developments within the Christian churches or by developments without them; and what was the relative importance of liberal Christianity versus conservative Christianity in the development and legacy of the crisis? It argues that secularisation of the period should be regarded as mostly a sudden and shocking event, based on external threats, and reflected in the churches dividing between liberals and conservatives in ways that were to become ever more militant as the century wore on.

The religious crisis of the 1960s: the experience of the Australian churches

Abstract: The decade of the 1960s in North America and Europe is generally seen by historians and sociologists as a time of suddden and unexpected religious upheaval. But was this the case in Australia ? This article examines the changes in belief and behaviour within Australia's major churches during the remembered sixties from c. 1964 to c. 1972, in relation with the cultural and social context, and the extent to which these amounted to a religious turnaround or crisis. Areas examined include the impact of radical theology, symbolized by the book Honest to God, and the new morality; the changes in Australian Catholicism initiated by the Second Vatican Council ; the debate among Catholics over birth control and the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae ; the decline in weekly church attendance, Sunday school enrolments and the membership of church youth organizations ; the crisis in the ordained ministry ; changing attitudes in the churches towards social issues ; and the responses of the churches to the Vietnam War. The religious unsettlement that occurred in Australia during this period was very similar to North America and Europe, though there were distinctive local emphases. The central issues in debate were common to all major denominations : the relevance and authority of traditional institutions and formulation of belief