A Matter of Conscience: American Women Religious, Feminist Agency, and the Catholic Church
In 2012, the long-simmering tension between American women religious sisters and Catholic Church leadership was brought into sharp focus when the largest group of American sisters—the Leadership Conference of Women Religious—was reprimanded by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith...
| Published in: | Review of religious research |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2022
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Review of religious research
Year: 2022, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 279-300 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia
/ Role conflict
/ Competent to act
/ Empowerment
/ Feminist theology
/ History 2008-2016
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDB Roman Catholic Church RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Agency
B Feminism B Catholic Church B Nuns B Gender B women religious |
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| Summary: | In 2012, the long-simmering tension between American women religious sisters and Catholic Church leadership was brought into sharp focus when the largest group of American sisters—the Leadership Conference of Women Religious—was reprimanded by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Doctrinal Assessment and subsequent Apostolic Visitation concluded that American religious sisters embraced a secular and radical feminist spirit that was incompatible with Church doctrine. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s13644-021-00482-x |