Troubling Habits: Nuns, Faith, and Fashion in 1960s Popular Culture

Against the backdrop of a new progressivism ushered into existence in the Roman Catholic Church by the Vatican II Council initiated by Pope John XXIII in 1962 and concluded by Pope Paul VI in 1965, this essay examines nuns’ resistance to and eventual adoption of new professional garb as a site of so...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:  
Détails bibliographiques
Publié dans:Religion and the arts
Auteur principal: Lankewish, Vincent A. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
Vérifier la disponibilité: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
En cours de chargement...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Publié: Brill 2020
Dans: Religion and the arts
Année: 2020, Volume: 24, Numéro: 5, Pages: 569-587
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B The trouble with angels / Where angels go trouble follows! / Concile du Vatican 2. (1962-1965 : Vatikanstadt) / Progressisme / Religieuse / Vêtements religieux / Catholicisme / Conservatisme / Changement social / Modernisme / Histoire 1960-1970
RelBib Classification:CB Spiritualité chrétienne
CD Christianisme et culture
KCA Monachisme; ordres religieux
KCB Papauté
ZB Sociologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Rosalind Russell
B The Trouble with Angels
B Ida Lupino
B nuns’ habits
B Haley Mills
B Vatican II
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
Volltext (Verlag)
Description
Résumé:Against the backdrop of a new progressivism ushered into existence in the Roman Catholic Church by the Vatican II Council initiated by Pope John XXIII in 1962 and concluded by Pope Paul VI in 1965, this essay examines nuns’ resistance to and eventual adoption of new professional garb as a site of sometimes contentious debates about the changing roles of women ecclesiastics. Within the context of passionate and, at times, violent fights for civil and women’s rights and of protests against U.S. involvement in Vietnam, two popular films from this decade— The Trouble with Angels (1966) and its sequel, Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968)—stage a competition between tradition and innovation in both theological and sartorial arenas. Ultimately, the nuns in these films follow a calling to become public advocates for a more humane and charitable world.
ISSN:1568-5292
Contient:Enthalten in: Religion and the arts
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685292-02405005