Women in the Vanishing Cloister: Organizational Decline in Catholic Religious Orders in the United States
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Religious orders for women have existed for fifteen centuries, but their future in this century is bleak. In 1966, 180,000 women belonged to Catholic orders; by 1986 that number had decreased to 126,000. Helen Rose Ebaugh tells the story of the decline of these orders, set against the back drop of rapid social change and religious reform. To illustrate the problem, Ebaugh takes us into a declining order, here named the Sisters of Service. In 1990,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813518660
ISBN13:9780813518664
Release Date:January 1993
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:191 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This book is an excellent examination of the decline of catholic religious order from a sociological perspective. I found it very insightful to those working in the creation or maintenance of religious communities.
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