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

by Carmen M Mangion

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526156067
• ISBN13: 9781526156068
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"