Models of charitable care : Catholic nuns and children in their care in Amsterdam, 1852-2002 / by Annelies van Heijst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heijst, Annelies van.

Series:

Brill's series in church history ; d. 33.

Brill's series in church history. Religious history and culture series ; v. 1.

Brill's series in church history, 1572-4107 ; v. 33. Religious history and culture series ; v. 1

Standardized Title:

Liefdewerk. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arme Zusters van het Goddelijk Kind.

Zusters van 'De Voorzienigheid' (1970).

Church work with children--Catholic Church.

Church work with children.

Church work with children--Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Nuns--Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Nuns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (427 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Models of Charitable Care analyses the practice of Catholic nuns in Amsterdam in the 19th and 20th century. Attention is paid to the ambiguous ascetic spiritual discourse that underpinned their work: it encouraged charity as solidarity with strangers, but caused intense emotional distance too. Historiography is mainly manufactured by religious and lay academics who shared the congregational perspective and presented fairly positive evaluations. Criticism from within, however, is voiced by care leavers who grew up in homes ran by religious. Some are grateful, others bitter. The sisters were living models who combined an anti-worldly outlook with a practical concern for vulnerable creatures. Relating various theoretical interpretations, a typology of three models is developed with ‘agency’ as the differentiating criterion.

Contents:

Introduction

History of the problem

A history of care

Charity as a historical care practice

History and ethics

Care and faith

Method and purpose

Definitions of care

Caring for roosje

Reconstruction of a life story

Tribute to a mother

Construction of a complaint

An appropriate and yet contestable judgement on care

Men in association : class and charity

Catholic care provision in Amsterdam

Bishop van Vree

Father Frentrop, Doctor Cramer and their association of municence

Father Hesseveld, a secular priest

Activities of the in terms of care

An instrumental model of charity

Ladies and housemaids : gender and charity Catholic caring women in historiography

Education for girls

The servants' issue

Beyond the thesis of the 'civilisation offensive'

Gender, class, and religion

Powerful and empowering care : confession and charity

Approach and definitions

Benevolence as both care and power

Humanising Protestantism

Prison reform by Fry

Butler's dedication to prostitutes

Influence of Fry and Butler on the Netherlands

The inner mission movement

Conceptual comments

From the viewpoint of care receivers

Evelina's memoirs

The very beginning

The arrival of Mietje Stroot

A controversial first communion

Institutional expansion

Nursemaids become real sisters

A charitable care practice experienced from within

Civilisation offensive, charitable solidarity, or caring power

Tronto's fourth phase revised : two responses to care

Care leavers and their opposite judgements

The care vision in the normative texts

Normative writings and daily life

History of the church and history of religion

Principles and a name

The rule

Instructions for the upbringing of the children

The constitutions of 1882

The sisterly care vision : a referential and a replacement view

The purpose of the congregation in terms of care solidarity with strangers because of metaphorical kinship

Caring for the children of God.

Notes:

Translated from the Dutch.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-408) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39935-7

9786612399350

90-474-4270-9

OCLC:

647872733

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004168336.i-417 DOI