Canadian Women Religious' Negotiation of Feminism and Catholicism
How do women religious, who embrace both feminist orientations and Catholic traditions, negotiate these seemingly incompatible directions? I draw on interview data from 26 women religious from eight religious communities in the province of Ontario, Canada, to demonstrate that while they experience c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2012
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 73, Issue: 4, Pages: 384-410 |
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| Summary: | How do women religious, who embrace both feminist orientations and Catholic traditions, negotiate these seemingly incompatible directions? I draw on interview data from 26 women religious from eight religious communities in the province of Ontario, Canada, to demonstrate that while they experience considerable tension between feminism and Catholicism, they also manage to integrate the two orientations. In doing so, the sisters transform their spiritual, governance, and activist practices. The findings illustrate how women religious, a population that is often assumed to be traditional and loyally compliant with their church, actually challenge some of their institutional religion's precepts and engage in feminist-based transformative strategies to effect change both within and outside the Roman Catholic Church. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srs039 |