{"product_id":"catholic-nuns-and-sisters-in-a-secular-age-britain-1945-90-9781526140463","title":"Catholic Nuns and Sisters in a Secular Age:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘An inspiration in its originality and rigour, and a pleasure to read, \u003ci\u003eCatholic nuns and sisters in a secular age\u003c\/i\u003e is a major and progressive contribution to academic work on modern women religious.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Catholic History\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘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.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mangion's thoughtful and well-written narrative creates a powerful text that is a delight to read.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Catholic Archives Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[An] exemplary work of historical synthesis ... Mangion’s work attests to the diversity of experience of the 1960s and to the limits of secularisation that overlook or exclude those subjects that do not conform to the prevailing narrative.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Ecclesiastical History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ‘Mangion’s impressive volume seeks to dispel the notion that religious communities were separate from, and out of touch with, the wider world… \u003ci\u003eCatholic nuns and sisters in a secular age\u003c\/i\u003e is a most welcome addition to the existing historiography which will undoubtedly inspire and encourage further research.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocialist History \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘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.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen's History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘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.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwentieth Century British History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'More than a history of inevitable decline... the author seeks to reconstruct the complexity of lived changes by observing the actors up close. [These changes] were a source of enthusiasm as well as sadness, and it is these disparate voices that Carmen Mangion presents to us... This intelligent and sensitive book, thanks to its combination of interviews and archives, will serve as a model for other studies.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevue de l’histoire des religions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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.'\u003cbr\u003eKathleen Cummings, University of Notre Dame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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.'\u003cbr\u003eJan De Maeyer, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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, \u003ci\u003eCatholic nuns and sisters in a secular age\u003c\/i\u003e 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.'\u003cbr\u003eSusan O'Brien, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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.'\u003cbr\u003eSusannah Riordan, University College Dublin\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1          Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2          Before the Council: post-war modernity and religious vocations\u003cbr\u003e3          The modern girl and religious life\u003cbr\u003e4          Governance, authority and ‘1968’\u003cbr\u003e5          Relationships, generation discourse and the ‘turn to self’\u003cbr\u003e6          The world in the cloister and the nun in the world \u003cbr\u003e7          Local and global: changing ministries \u003cbr\u003e8          Becoming a woman\u003cbr\u003e9          Conclusion\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041002651991,"sku":"9781526140463","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526140463.jpg?v=1750948563","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/catholic-nuns-and-sisters-in-a-secular-age-britain-1945-90-9781526140463","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}