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Dedicated to God : An oral history of cloistered nuns / Abbie Reese.

By: Series: The Oxford oral history seriesPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: xvii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199947935 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 271/.973 REE 23
LOC classification:
  • BX4328.5.Z9 R63 2013
Contents:
Table of contents 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
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents
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