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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[1969]
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| In: |
Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1969, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 140-151 |
| Further subjects: | B
Prisons
B Abbots B Communities B Convents B Formal Organization B Nuns B Catholicism B Monasteries B Prisoners |
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| Summary: | 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 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1385262 |
