
For many American Catholics in the twentieth-century the face of the Church was a woman's face. After the Second World War, as increasing numbers of baby boomers flooded Catholic classrooms, the Church actively recruited tens of thousands of young women as teaching sisters. In Into Silence and Servitude Brian Titley delves into the experiences of young women who entered Catholic religious sisterho...
Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion (Book 79)
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press; 1 edition (August 1, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0773551417
ISBN-13: 978-0773551411
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.3 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 1269665
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I liked it. It was a lot of money for a short book, but I was glad to learn that someone reads the books so many ex-nuns write.I've read several of the books Brian Titley refers to, and I think his characterization of the vocation surge in the postw...
time. The Church favoured nuns as teachers because their wageless labour made education more affordable in what was the world's largest private school system. Focusing on the Church's recruitment methods Titley examines the idea of a religious vocation, the school settings in which nuns were recruited, and the tactics of persuasion directed at both suitable girls and their parents. The author describes how young women entered religious life and how they negotiated the sequence of convent "formation stages," each with unique challenges respecting decorum, autonomy, personal relations, work, and study. Although expulsions and withdrawals punctuated each formation stage, the number of nuns nationwide continued to grow until it reached a pinnacle in 1965, the same year that Catholic schools achieved their highest enrolment. Based on extensive archival research, memoirs, oral history, and rare Church publications, Into Silence and Servitude presents a compelling narrative that opens a window on little-known aspects of America’s convent system.