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Author Heffernan, Brian, author

Title Modern Carmelite Nuns and Contemplative Identities : Shaping Spirituality in the Netherlands / Brian Heffernan
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024

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Description 1 online resource (305 pages : map)
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- A note on nomenclature -- Map of Discalced Carmelite convents in the Netherlands -- Introduction -- 1 Convents, sisters and power -- 2 Mighty victims -- 3 Little ways, old and new -- 4 A new type of Carmelite -- 5 Contemplatives in an expressive culture -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary This book examines how modern Catholic contemplative nuns in the Netherlands envisioned their spirituality, offering a contextualised exploration of the discourses they adopted to shape their identity as a female spiritual elite in a male-dominated church and society
Analysis Carmelites
Edith Stein
Therese of Lisieux
cloister
lived religion
mysticism
perfectae caritatis
prayer
vicarious suffering
women religious
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 03, 2024)
Subject Carmelite Nuns -- Netherlands
RELIGION / Christianity / History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781526177216
1526177218