Out of the Cloister: A Study of Organizational Dilemmas

by Helen Rose Ebaugh

Book Overview

Since Vatican Council II, convent walls have crumbled. and the structures that once separated nuns from the world are gone. Out of the Cloister is an organizational analysis of the structural and ideological changes that took place in Catholic religious orders of women in the United States. Many nuns today dress in street clothes, choose their own jobs, have a degree of financial independence from the larger order, and may not be recognized by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292740824
• ISBN13: 9780292740822
• Release Date: May 1977
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"