Dedicated to God : an oral history of cloistered nuns /

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As a subculture, cloistered monastic nuns live hidden from public view by choice. Once a woman joins the cloister and makes final vows, she is almost never seen and her voice is not heard; her story is essentially nonexistent in the historical record and collective, public history. From interviews c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reese, Abbie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Colección:Oxford oral history series.
Temas:
Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.)
Monastic and religious life of women > Illinois > Rockford.
Colettines.
Colettines > Biography.
Oral history > Illinois > Rockford.
Oral biography.
Vie religieuse et monastique féminine > Illinois > Rockford.
Histoire orale > Illinois > Rockford.
Biographies orales.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
Monastic and religious life of women
Oral biography
Oral history
Illinois > Rockford
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Dedicated to God; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION ; Called: Sister Mary Monica ; Part 1: The Call ; 1 COMMUNITY LIFE ; Called: Sister Maria Deo Gratias ; 2 THE CLAUSTROPHOBIC NUN ; Called: Sister Mary Michael ; Part 2: The Life ; 3 MONASTIC LIVING IN A THROWAWAY CULTURE.
  • Called: Sister Mary Joseph 4 LITTLE HOUSE, BIG HEART ; Called: Sister Mary Clara ; 5 MOTHERS OF SOULS ; Called: Sister Joan Marie ; 6 THE SUFFERING SERVANTS ; Part 3: The Threats ; 7 IDEALISM AND REALITY ; Called: Sister Ann Marie ; 8 ERASED FROM THE LANDSCAPE.
  • Called: Sister Mary Veronica EPILOGUE ; Acknowledgments ; Appendix: Interviewees ; Notes ; Further Reading ; Index.

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