Catholic Women Religious Vocations in the Twentieth Century: The Slovenian Case

In the twentieth century, female monasticism in Slovenia enjoyed a dynamic period. In this paper, I present changes in numerical trends for the whole century and explore the broader social circumstances and conditions that influenced the dynamics of this phenomenon. The basic thesis is that the numb...

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Main Author: Bezjak, Sonja (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2012
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2012, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 157-174
Further subjects:B Catholic religious orders
B Statistics of female religious vocations
B Demography
B Secularization
B Slovenian female monasticism
B Catholic Church
B Nuns
B Slovenia
B Consecrated Life
B Religiosity
B Religious Organizations
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