Module 4a - Social Factors Flashcards
Consumerism
A culture that focuses on material possessions and/or consumption of goods.
- Excessive spending
- Greed and envy of others
- Focusing on materials, wealth and goods
Finding identity, meaning and purpose in good
Hinders an individual’s interaction with religion
- Somewhat a negative fluence and stops a person from interacting with religion
- Their identity can be defined by their material goods = lose contacts with their religosity
- Pursuit of material goods contradicts the religious teaching that meaning & prupose can be found in God
Vatican II (historical events)
Vatican II
- Reformed the Catholic Church
- Liturgical reform than began in the 19th century to restore the active and intelligent participation of the people in the liturgy
Latin rites disengaged majority of the Catholics as they did not understand the language
Vatican II
- It supports an individuals interaction with religion
- Involvement of the Catholics as they could understand the language and participate in songs and church rites
- A person can feel more connected with God, and the religion, engage woth their faith and feel a supported by the Church
Hinder:
While the Second Vatican Council has changed its old traditions to accomodate Catholics, not all Catholics support its newfound conversion
consumerism quotes
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” (Mt 19:24)
The parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl: “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field” (Mt 13:44)
The parable of the prodigal son - a son asks his father for his inheritance, then squanders it recklessly as he lives a life of indulgence. With nothing left of his fortune, he is forced to work as a pig farmer. He return to his father begging for forgiveness and the father welcomed him with open arms. “Let us celebrate with a feast, because thus son of mine was dead, and has come to life again, he was lost and had been found” (Luke 15:20-24)
vatican II quotes
“promote active participation, people should be encouraged to take part in…responses…and songs, as well as actions…and bodily attitudes.” (SC 30)
social disadvantage
The presence of social disadvantage or hardships such as poverty, poor health conditions or war can impact a person’s interaction with religion.
Religion can be an agent for social stability when beliefs motivate people to act for a more just, peaceful society.
Support a person’s interaction with a religon.
- through religious organisations offering charity for the socially disadvantaged and by the aid of Catholics and the Catholic Social Teaching.
- As a result, Catholics donating clothing to St. Vinnies assist in the Catholic Social Teaching solidarity, the concept of society’s members having equal and just benefits, which demonstrates their interaction with religion
- The Australian Catholic Bishop Conference protested against the Australian government’s inhumane imprisonment of the asylum seekers in the Pacific Island.
- This promotes the Catholic Social Teaching of human dignity. This promotes Catholics to treat asylum seekers as equal members of society, and with the promotion of human dignity, religious interaction is supported.
- Those who struggle living through hardships can turn towards God, for faith and support emotionally and spiritually. - Conversly, it may hinder their interaction with religion as they way turn against Gpd, due to lack of faith. Through being helped by Catholic welfare agencies, some people may seek to understand why they are beimng helped by a religious gorup, and may feel more symatheric to religion and thankful.
social hardships quote
, St. Vinnies “advocates on severe pressing issues such as homelessness.” (St. Vinnies, 2022)
“the human person…so the need to live in a [DS(CC-M1] community would be safeguarded.” (Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants 1992)
secularism
The secularization of society involves removing any vestiges of religious expressions, images and traditions
Hard secularism encourages people to live as if there is no God
* In general, the influence of these secular values on people are the loss of charity, volunteering (requiring the self‐sacrifice of time and money) and other‐centeredness.
* Many Christians fail to recognize their vocation to selfless sacrifice and are attracted to seek pleasure and personal gains.
* Secularism in many ways challenges Christian ethics, principles and family‐oriented way of life towards an individualistic way of life.
* Forcing people to privatise their religion and so hinder and obstructs
* Causes them to participate less
* Nothing guiding behaviour will result in doing what they want to/ individualistic
Hinders freedom or obstructs freedom due to guidelines
secularism quotes
- Saint Pope John Paul II described a secularized society as a “culture of death” since it regards everything (including human life) as merely as a means to the end of maximising pleasure. (Pope John Paul II, 1995)
“it became clear to me that my personal Christian faith is not tolerated or permitted in the public square, at least by some and perhaps by many.” (Andrew Thorburn 2022.)
