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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Indiana University Press
2022
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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
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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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