Abbie Reese

Dedicated to God

An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns

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Produktbeschreibung

For almost six years, Abbie Reese worked intimately with members of a community of cloistered monastic nuns in Rockford, Illinois. The Hidden Lives of Cloistered Nuns tells their stories, based on a series of oral history interviews of the Poor Clare Colettine Order.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780199947935
• ISBN-10: 0199947937
• Artikelnr.: 39338269

Autorenporträt

Abbie Reese is an independent scholar

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
PART I: THE CALL
In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Monica
Chapter 1: Community Life
In Her Own Words: Sister Maria Deo Gratias
Chapter 2: The Claustrophobic Nun
In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Michael
PART II: THE LIFE
Chapter 3: Monastic Living in a Throwaway Culture
In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Joseph
Chapter 4: Little House, Big Heart
In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Clara
Chapter 5: Responsibility for the World
In Her Own Words: Sister Joan Marie
Chapter 6: The Suffering Servants
In Her Own Words: Anonymous
PART III: THE THREATS
Chapter 7: Idealism and Reality
In Her Own Words: Sister Ann Marie
Chapter 8: Erased from the Landscape