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Modern Carmelite Nuns and contemplative identities : shaping spirituality in the Netherlands / Brian Heffernan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heffernan, Brian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discalced Carmelite Nuns--Netherlands.
- Discalced Carmelite Nuns.
- Monasticism and religious orders for women--Netherlands--History.
- Monasticism and religious orders for women.
- Nuns--Netherlands--History.
- Nuns.
- Netherlands--Religious life and customs.
- Netherlands.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- This book examines how modern Catholic contemplative nuns in the Netherlands envisioned their spirituality, offering a contextualised exploration of the discourses they adopted to shape their identity as a female spiritual elite in a male-dominated church and society.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- A note on nomenclature
- Map of Discalced Carmelite convents in the Netherlands
- Introduction
- 1 Convents, sisters and power
- 2 Mighty victims
- 3 Little ways, old and new
- 4 A new type of Carmelite
- 5 Contemplatives in an expressive culture
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 9781526188229
- 1526188228
- 9781526177193
- 1526177196
- 9781526177216
- 1526177218
- OCLC:
- 1434176497
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