Preaching and Liturgy with High Context Congregations in the Sea Services

Abstract

This project focuses on preaching and presiding within the sea services, to serve Roman Catholic sailors and marines and their families. It is intended primarily for Roman Catholic priest Navy chaplains who find, as I have found, that preaching and presiding with Roman Catholics in today's military environment presents a cross cultural challenge. The active duty Navy population on 30 September 2002 was 10% Latino and 4% Filipino. The active duty Marine Corps population on the same date was 13% Latino and 3% Asian/Pacific Islander. The active duty Coast Guard population in March 2002 was 7% Latino and 2% Asian American. These numbers may not seem very high, but Latinos and Filipinos account for a much higher percentage of the Roman Catholic population than of the sea service population in general. In some duty stations, they outnumber European American Roman Catholics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA415404

Entities

People

  • William J. Muhm

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asian Americans
  • California
  • Chaplains
  • Christianity
  • Demography
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Fish
  • Hispanics
  • Minority Groups
  • Naval Personnel
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Religion
  • United States

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