Some aspects in the dynamics of supergravity

The Fischer-Marsden-Moncrief Program can be used to show that a covariant nonlinear field theory is Linearization Stable at any given exact solution if that solution possesses no killing symmetry. Hence, near any such nonsymmetrical solution, the solution space is a manifold whose tangent space is precisely defined by the solutions of the linearized theory. This thesis concerns the application of the aforementioned Program to Simple (i.e., N = 1) SuperGravity--a spin-3/2 anticommuting Majorana spinor coupled to Tetrad Gravity (with torsion)