Jesus in Our Wombs : Embodying Modernity in a Mexican Convent.

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In Jesus in Our Wombs, Rebecca J. Lester takes us behind the walls of a Roman Catholic convent in central Mexico to explore the lives, training, and experiences of a group of postulants - young women in the first stage of religious training as nuns. Lester, who conducted eighteen months of fieldwork...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lester, Rebecca J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001.
Temas:
Monastic and religious life of women > Mexico > Psychology.
Postulancy > Psychology.
Women > Mexico > Social conditions > Psychological aspects.
Vie religieuse et monastique féminine > Mexique > Psychologie.
Postulat (Religion) > Psychologie.
Femmes > Mexique > Conditions sociales > Aspect psychologique.
Monastic and religious life of women > Psychology
Women > Social conditions > Psychological aspects
Mexico
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Jesus in Our Wombs, Rebecca J. Lester takes us behind the walls of a Roman Catholic convent in central Mexico to explore the lives, training, and experiences of a group of postulants - young women in the first stage of religious training as nuns. Lester, who conducted eighteen months of fieldwork in the convent, provides a rich ethnography of these young women's journeys as they wrestle with doubts, fears, ambitions, and setbacks in their struggle to follow what they believe to be the will of God.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 pages)
ISBN:9780520938205
0520938208

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