The Convent: Community, Prison, or Task Force?
Roman Catholic convents are compared with villages and cities (vills), with prisons, and with formal organizations. Interview data are provided for a Trappist monastery and a teaching convent. These systems are distinguished sharply both from prisons (especially in the lack of force) and vills (part...
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Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
Язык: | Английский |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1969]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Год: 1969, Том: 8, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 140-151 |
Другие ключевые слова: | B
Prisons
B Abbots B Communities B Convents B Formal Organization B Nuns B Catholicism B Monasteries B Prisoners |
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Итог: | Roman Catholic convents are compared with villages and cities (vills), with prisons, and with formal organizations. Interview data are provided for a Trappist monastery and a teaching convent. These systems are distinguished sharply both from prisons (especially in the lack of force) and vills (particularly in the absence of biosocial families). On a more general level, the monastic convent is a communal organization, sharing traits with other systems related to vills, whereas the apostolic convent is a formal organization emphasizing specific goals. However, it is suggested that all convents have communal traits in that religious ends may be inherently non-specific and thus non-formal. |
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ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1385262 |