Sisters in crisis, revisited : from unraveling to reform and renewal / Ann Carey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carey, Ann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders for women--United States.

Monasticism and religious orders for women.

Nuns--United States.

Nuns.

United States.

Women in church work--Catholic Church.

Women in church work.

Physical Description:

422 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Ignatius Press, [2013]

Summary:

"Using the archival records of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and other prominent groups of sisters, journalist and author Ann Carey shows how feminist activists unraveled American women's religious communities from their leadership positions in national organizations and large congregations. She also explains the recent and necessary interventions by the Vatican. After examing the many forces that have contributed to the crisis, Carey reports on a promising sign of renewal in American religious life: the growing number of young women attracted to older communities that have retained their identity and newly formed, yet traditional, congregations." -- back cover

Contents:

Pt. 1. Post-Vatican II sisters: ready for renewal or revolution? Sisters encounter the 1960s

The Vatican calls for renewal

Alarm in the Vatican

The radical "rethink"

The coup

Evolution and transformation of the Superiors' Conference

Traditional sisters assert themselves

Pt. 2. How did all of this happen? The many faces of indoctrination

The reeducation of Sister Lucy

Radical reformers gain control

Deconstruction of ministry, community, and prayer

Two communities versus the hierarchy

The Quinn Commission examines religious life

Ideological transformation of sisters' organizations

Pt. 3. Where do sisters go from here? Vocation, finances, and the elderly

The apostolic visitation of US sisters

The doctrinal assessment of the LCWR

Denial and demise or hope for the future?

Appendix: Doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-399) and index.

ISBN:

9781586177898

1586177893

9186177893

9789186177898

OCLC:

853626862