The New Nuns Racial Justice and Religious Reform in The 1960s.

In the 1960s, a number of Catholic women religious in the United States abandoned traditional apostolic works to experiment with new and often unprecedented forms of service among non-Catholics. Amy Koehlinger explores the phenomenon of the "new nun" through close examination of one of its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koehlinger, Amy L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Nuns > Alabama > Selma > History.
Vocation (in religious orders, congregations, etc.)
Religieuses > Alabama > Selma > Histoire.
Vocation religieuse.
Nuns.
Selma (Ala.) > Church history.
Alabama > Selma.
Church history.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: An Apostolic Revolution
  • 1 Church and Society: The Emergence of New Nuns
  • 2 Education and Training: Tools for Racial Justice
  • 3 Vocation and Negotiation: Congregational Dynamics
  • 4 Sisters in Selma: Working under Jim Crow
  • 5 Project Cabrini: Becoming Sistahs
  • 6 The Placement Bureau: Matching Nuns with Needs
  • Conclusion: Endings and New Beginnings
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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