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Catholic nuns and sisters in a secular age : Britain, 1945-90 /

This is first in-depth study of post-war female religious life. It places Catholic sisters and nuns at the heart of the turbulent 1960s and integrates their story of social change into a larger British and international one, thus displaying how religious bodies engaged in modernisation. It addresses...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mangion, Carmen M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Colección:Gender in history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Before the Council: post-war modernity and religious vocations
  • 3. The modern girl and religious life
  • 4. Governance, authority and '1968'
  • 5. Relationships, generation discourse and the 'turn to self'
  • 6. The world in the cloister and the nun in the world
  • 7. Local and global: changing ministries
  • 8. Becoming a woman
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Index.