From piety to professionalism and back?
Subtitle: transformations of organized religious virtuosity
By: Patricia Wittberg.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Women in charitable work -- United States.; Monastic and religious life of women -- United States.; Women in the professions -- United States.; Group identity -- United States.; Religious institutions -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical and theoretical overview; title: Impacts of institutions; title: Institutional identity and religious withdrawal; title: Impacts on sponsors.