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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Indiana University Press
2022
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Journal of feminist studies in religion
Année: 2022, Volume: 38, Numéro: 2, Pages: 89-104 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Nordamerika
/ Église catholique
/ Congrégation féminine
/ Sacrement
/ Contrôle du comportement
/ Structure de pouvoir
/ Cléricalisme
/ Histoire 1860-1930
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Spiritualité chrétienne KAH Époque moderne KAJ Époque contemporaine KBQ Amérique du Nord KCA Monachisme; ordres religieux KDB Église catholique romaine NBP Sacrements |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Patriarchy
B engendered power B Nuns B Clericalism |
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| Résumé: | 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 primarily on sisters being denied Communion, restrictions on the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament, and regimentation of confession. Particular but not exclusive targets of such ecclesial violence were women who were considered to be deviant or insufficiently submissive, many of them "dangerous" women in leadership. The author places this analysis in the theoretical context of kyriarchy and concludes with feminist analysis of the implications of Pope Pius X's edicts on frequent and early Communion as mechanisms for clericalizing Catholic praxis and piety. The inquiry makes extensive use of archival sources from numerous congregations as well as obscure published histories and memoirs. |
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| ISSN: | 1553-3913 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of feminist studies in religion
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