Medjugorje's Effects: A History of Local, State and Church Response to the Medjugorje Phenomenon
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu13007553772021-08-03T05:29:32Z Medjugorje's Effects: A History of Local, State and Church Response to the Medjugorje Phenomenon Pangle, Teresa Marie History Religious History Medjugorje Catholicism Virgin Mary Catholic Church Bosnia-Herzegovina History Vatican Communism <p><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/>This thesis examines the impacts of the alleged appearances of the Virgin Mary which began in Medjugorje, Yugoslavia in 1981. Through the examination of primary sources such as Catholic Church and the United States Department of State documentation and eye-witness interviews, this study creates a basic history of the events in Medjugorje and clearly defines the Catholic Church's position on these events. This thesis provides an academic history of the events surrounding Medjugorje and provides historical insight into the motivations behind the response of the local villagers and clergy members, the Yugoslavian state and the Vatican. The events studied include a carefully-documented history of the first two months of the apparitions, an account of the officially-atheistic, Yugoslavian government's response to the subsequent religious outpouring, and a history of the Catholic Church's response to the alleged apparitions up to the present day. </p><p>The dispute of the authenticity of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Medjugorje - which is currently under investigation by the Catholic Church - is polarizing within Catholic culture. The historiography of these events is divided into two groups of “pro-authenticity” or “anti-authenticity” authors who publish opposing and even contradictory information while using the same sources. In order to attempt to compensate for the flaws in the current historiography, the key method employed in this thesis is the use of mostly primary sources with careful documentation and citation of these sources. The primary sources were gathered from the United States Department of State Freedom of Information Act, various video and audio recordings and transcripts of eye-witness testimony, letters and documents from the Catholic Church hierarchy, and the author's personal visits to Medjugorje and the University of Notre Dame and University of Dayton research libraries. </p><p>According to the current historiography, there are very few authors who attempt to understand the sheer complexity of the governmental, religious and cultural situation in Yugoslavia when the apparitions began in 1981. Through the study of eye-witness accounts and the U.S. State Department documents this thesis attempts a history of those complexities and insight into the motivation behind the key local and international reactors (bishop, clergy, government, police and Vatican). Finally, the Catholic media and some Medjugorje authors have led readers to believe that the local bishop of Medjugorje has officially condemned the apparitions. Through historical documentation, this thesis challenges the claim that the apparitions in Medjugorje have been officially condemned by the Catholic Church. The main objective of this thesis is to promote and to serve further research into the Medjugorje phenomenon by providing the historical groundwork for further study.</p> 2011-04-18 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1300755377 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1300755377 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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History Religious History Medjugorje Catholicism Virgin Mary Catholic Church Bosnia-Herzegovina History Vatican Communism Pangle, Teresa Marie Medjugorje's Effects: A History of Local, State and Church Response to the Medjugorje Phenomenon |
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Medjugorje's Effects: A History of Local, State and Church Response to the Medjugorje Phenomenon |
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