Catholic Nuns and Sisters in a Secular Age

Britain, 1945-90

Catholic Nuns and Sisters in a Secular Age
Carmen M Mangion
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6 Apr 2021 UK
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9781526156068
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This is the first in-depth study of post-war female religious life. It draws on archival materials and a remarkable set of eighty interviews to place Catholic sisters and nuns at the heart of the turbulent 1960s, integrating their story of social change into a larger British and international one. Shedding new light on how religious bodies engaged in modernisation, it addresses themes such as the Modern Girl and youth culture, ' 1968' , generational discourse, post-war modernity, the voluntary sector and the women' s movement. Women religious were at the forefront of the Roman Catholic Church' s movement of adaptation and renewal towards the world. This volume tells their stories in their own words.
' An inspiration in its originality and rigour, and a pleasure to read, Catholic nuns and sisters in a secular age is a major and progressive contribution to academic work on modern women religious. ' British Catholic History' A significant contribution to British social and cultural history, it adds a gendered and religious perspective to the understanding of social movements which emerged in the mid-twentieth century. The result is a landmark publication. ' History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland ' Mangion' s impressive volume seeks to dispel the notion that religious communities were separate from, and out of touch with, the wider world. Catholic nuns and sisters in a secular age is a most welcome addition to the existing historiography which will undoubtedly inspire and encourage further research. ' Reviews in History' Mangion skilfully deploys the stories of individual women religious to map the institutional changes taking place around them. [She] brings the women to life, revealing their hopes and fears, their humanity, how the ordinary can become extraordinary. An accessible book that achieves its aims and should have a wide appeal. ' Socialist History ' Mangion' s book is a fascinating addition to the literature, and can be highly recommended to everyone interested in twentieth-century British women' s history, the British sixties and postwar western Christianity. ' Women' s History Review' Mangion' s book is a major contribution to the under-researched history of lived religion and will quickly be recognised as a landmark study for all historians of twentieth-century Catholicism. ' Twentieth Century British History ' As the nuns and sisters who navigated this tumultuous period pass from living memory into historical memory, Mangion has produced a landmark study. This book is a marvel, in terms of its prodigious research, keen interpretation and lucid prose. ' Kathleen Cummings, University of Notre Dame' This book is highly recommended. It is an illustration of how oral testimonies combined with a variety of sources can give historians a vivid insight into the changes that women religious underwent in the period 1945-90. A rewarding read, both in method and content. ' Jan De Maeyer, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven' Carmen Mangion' s study is an original addition to the social and cultural history of post-war Britain. Deploying a wide range of source materials, Catholic nuns and sisters in a secular age provides us with a rich understanding of the impact that social changes and attitudinal shifts had on convent cultures - and in the process challenges a number of widely held beliefs about Catholic women religious in the modern era. ' Susan O' Brien, St Edmund' s College, University of Cambridge' This is an outstanding project which makes a highly significant contribution not only to the history of nuns and religious sisters in post-war Britain, but to the international history of Catholicism and the social and cultural history of the United Kingdom in the second half of the twentieth century. ' Susannah Riordan, University College Dublin -- .
Carmen M. Mangion is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Birkbeck, University of London
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ISBN-13: 9781526156068
Published: 6 Apr 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 344

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