Into silence and servitude : how American girls became nuns, 1945 1965 /

"Much has been written about prominent nuns and the institutions they built, but there is little on the decision to enter a convent or on the training that followed. In Into Silence and Servitude secular historian Brian Titley examines the experiences of young women recruited into Catholic reli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Titley, E. Brian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.
Colección:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. 79.
Temas:
1900-1999
Convents > United States > History > 20th century.
Girls > Religious life > United States > History > 20th century.
Filles > États-Unis > Vie religieuse > 20e siècle.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Convents.
Girls > Religious life.
United States > Church history > 20th century.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse > 20e siècle.
United States.
Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Into Silence and Servitude
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figure
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Brides of Christ ... and Why So Many Were Needed
  • 2 Seeking "Convent Material"
  • 3 Called or Chosen?
  • 4 What If Parents Objected?
  • 5 Aspirants: Secluded from the World
  • 6 Postulants: "Moving Backward in Time"
  • 7 Novices: Under the Gaze of the Zelatrix
  • 8 Postscript to 1965: Longing for the Fleshpots of Egypt?
  • Conclusion
  • A Note on Sources
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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