Sacraments as Weapons: Patriarchal Coercion and Engendered Power in the Nineteenth-Century Convent

This essay analyzes the ways in which sacraments were used as weapons of control in nineteenth-century women's religious life. While most instances involve clerics as the wielders of such weapons, some instances of sisters themselves, and even laymen, doing so are also included. Focus is primar...

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Main Author: Thompson, Margaret Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press 2022
In: Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 89-104
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B North America / Catholic church / Women's religious congregation / Sacrament / Behavioral control / Power structure / Clericalism / History 1860-1930
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBQ North America
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBP Sacramentology; sacraments
Further subjects:B Patriarchy
B engendered power
B Nuns
B Clericalism
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