The Professionalization of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Clergy in Transylvania during the Modern Period: Theoretical Approaches

  • TITLU în română: Profesionalizarea clerului greco-catolic român în Transilvania în perioada modernă: abordări teoretice
  • Subiect: Starting from a series of sociological studies, this article embarks on a theoretical approach to the theme of the professionalization of the Romanian Greek-Catholic clergy from the Archdiocese of Alba-Iulia and Făgăraş, during the second half of the 19th century. The study is organized along two directions: an analysis of the major social theories of professionalization set forth by British scholars in the field, followed by an assessment of their degree of applicability to the case study of the Romanian Greek-Catholic clergy in Transylvania. Analysing the defining elements of a profession – specialized education, a particular code of conduct, altruism in relation to people who resort to professionals, the system of licensing specialists, social prestige, a considerable financial reward, promotion based on a certain hierarchy, the monopoly of the services offered and autonomy – in the case of the clergy, we believe that this category complied with many of the characteristics of professionalization.
  • Limba de redactare: engleză
  • Secţiunea: Studies
  • Vezi publicația: Acta Musei Napocensis: ActaMN
  • Editura: Argonaut Publishing
  • Loc publicare: Cluj-Napoca
  • Anul publicaţiei: 2015
  • Referinţă bibliografică pentru nr. revistă: 51-II; anul 2015; seria historica
  • Paginaţia: 136-144
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