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Catholic Nuns and Sisters in a Secular Age: Britain, 1945-90

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Catholic Nuns and Sisters in a Secular Age: Britain, 1945-90 - Mangion, Carmen M
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This is the first in-depth study of post-war female religious life. It draws on archival materials and a remarkable set of eighty interviews to place Catholic sisters and nuns at the heart of the turbulent 1960s, integrating their story of social change into a larger British and international one. Shedding new light on how religious bodies engaged in modernisation, it addresses themes such as the Modern Girl and youth culture, '1968', generational discourse, post-war modernity, the voluntary sector and the women's movement. ...

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Catholic Nuns and Sisters in a Secular Age: Britain, 1945-90 2021, Manchester University Press, Manchester

ISBN-13: 9781526156068

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Catholic Nuns and Sisters in a Secular Age: Britain, 1945-90 2019, Manchester University Press, Manchester

ISBN-13: 9781526140463

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