Sisters in Crisis, Revisited
Subtitle: From Unraveling to Reform and Renewal
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9781586177898
Description: "Using the archival records of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and other prominent groups of sisters, journalist and author Ann Carey shows how feminist activists unraveled American women's religious communities from their leadership positions in national organizations and large congregations. She also explains the recent and necessary interventions by the Vatican. After examing the many forces that have contributed to the crisis, Carey reports on a promising sign of renewal in American religious life: the growing number of young women attracted to older communities that have retained their identity and newly formed, yet traditional, congregations." -- back cover