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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Women Religious"”.
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The Impetus of Charism for Women Religious in Response to Human Trafficking
… study was to address the impetus of charism for women Religious as communities and individuals in their response to human trafficking. Human trafficking has been described with global issues and concerns. Women Religious in three communities were interviewed and surveyed to obtain data on the …
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Roman Catholic women religious in Ireland, 1849-1907: self representations and public perceptions
… This resulted in more people, particularly women, joining religious orders. While there has been significant research into the activities of female religious congregations in Ireland, very little has examined representations of women religious in the Irish public sphere. This thesis …
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Prophecy and Group Identity and Purpose: Connecting the Leadership Conference of the Women Religious with the Catholic Legacy of Feminist Politics
… of God, exclusion of consecrated Roman Catholic women from ministerial priesthood, official church interpretations of the scriptures, and judgments concerning faith and morals continues. This thesis examines creative tactics of resistance among consecrated women on account of hierarchal and …
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Engaging nuns: Exiled english convents and the politics of exclusion, 1590-1829
This thesis addresses the communities of English women religious founded after the Reformation on the other side of the Channel from a new perspective. In echoes of contemporary Protestant propaganda, debates about nuns remain too often framed by a discourse around themes such as passivity or the …
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The Impact of Organizational Culture, Feminist Theory and Leadership of the First Seven Presidents on the Historical Development of Mercyhurst College (1926-1972)
The religious heritage and ideals of many American Catholic colleges and universities are associated with the orders of women religious that established women's colleges in the 19th century and served them through the 20th century. The social histories of their individual colleges are just …
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Precarity and pastoral care : nuns and bishops in the fifteenth-century diocese of Lincoln.
… English bishops had a complex relationship with women religious, involving not only conflict and hostility but also cooperation and care. Modern scholarship has focused on the resistance narrative and neglected the narrative of care. This dissertation shows that both aspects are necessary to …
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Mentor Teaching in Four Communities of Catholic Sisters in the Mid-Twentieth Century (1940-1965)
… teaching nuns– hereafter called sisters and/or women religious– who served in parochial schools in the mid-twentieth century in the Diocese of Syracuse, NY. Teaching sisters comprised the majority of the professional workforce in Catholic schools through ministry as classroom teachers, building …
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Redefining Sisterhood: The New Nuns, Laywomen and Catholic Feminist Activism, 1953-1992
<p>The involvement of American Catholic women in the feminist movement after 1960 is considered an anomaly. Yet, Catholic feminist activism thrived in large American cities like Chicago. This dissertation works to explain the origins, trajectory, methods, and eventual radicalization of the Catholic …
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Grow to Serve: How culture, education, and faith converge and influence young women’s capability development as they prepare to transition out of secondary school in Karamoja, Uganda
… faith, and culture converge and influence young women’s capability development as they prepare to transition out of secondary school into unknown futures. This study is based in a Roman Catholic all-girls secondary boarding school run by an international congregation of women religious in …
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Caught in the crossfire: Catholic religious sisters and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1968-2008
… of the experiences and roles played by Catholic religious sisters in Northern Ireland during the period commonly known as the Troubles (1968-2008). As the contribution of these women has been largely overlooked in the historiography of the conflict, this thesis places their voices at the centre …
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Religious women in modern American social reform: Evangeline Booth, Aimee Semple Mcpherson, Dorothy Day, and the rhetorical invention of humanitarian authority
… analyzes the contributions of three prominent women religious leaders to 1920s and 30s public debates over how to best address extreme human needs. To enter the debates, these women had not only to offer compelling visions of religiously inspired social service, but to distance themselves from …
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The Genesis and Gestation of a Justice Journey: Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ, Champion of and Educator for the Common Good
… as a member of the Congregation of Saint Joseph religious community. Emphasis on theological reflection, critical reflection, dialogue, and action for change fostered a perspective transformation regarding the role of women religious in the Roman Catholic Church and led to an analysis of systems …
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An examination of the Biblical role of women in contemporary church life
… dissertation focusses on the biblical role of women in the contemporary church, taking into account God's original plan and purpose for women in Genesis 1 and 2, the changes which occurred as a result of the Fall in Genesis 3, and the influence of the various cultures and traditions, especially …
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Pandangan hakim tentang penerapan hukum yang berkeadilan gender dalam putusan: Studi di Pengadilan Agama Mojokerto
… to the court related to sue for divorce filed by women. Data Badilag Supreme Court mentioned the percentage Sues Divorce and Divorce Divorces in 9002 showed that nationally, cases that go to contested divorce 747.141 (656), compared the case to divorce divorce 11.117 (756). In President’s …
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The Idealised and the Profane Nun: The Image of the Nun at the Fin-de-Siècle and into the 1930s.
This thesis examines the representation of nuns from the Fin-de-Siècle into the 1930s, in the popular medium of postcards, in art during the Modernist period, and throughout the early development of film. The thesis demonstrates how secularisation, rapid technological development, and political …
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Women and the Gospel in Luke-Acts
Th. D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1955 [January Mid-Session Convocation]
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Religious Control Within Georgia's Women's Prisons and How It Influences Sexual Identities
… exerts an excess of control over the bodies of women, regulating not only their bodies through community isolation, that is, imprisonment, but also simultaneously denying women their right to form intimate relationships. Especially vigilant over same-sex relationships, the institution enforces a …
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