Into silence and servitude : how American girls became nuns, 1945 1965 / Brian Titley
2017, First Edition. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #435867
ISBN: 9780773551411
Physical description; xvi, 281 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 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. Subjects; 1900-1999. Convents United States History 20th century. Girls Religious life United States History 20th century. RELIGION Institutions & Organizations. RELIGION Christianity Catholic. Convents. Girls Religious life.
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