Women of God. / Mary Gordon.
by Gordon, Mary; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 21Institutions. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate 2, 2002ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Celibacy | Monastic and religious life | Monasticism and religious orders for women | Nuns | Vocation (in religious orders and congregations) | Women in the Catholic ChurchDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Nuns are an endangered species. With a median age in this country of sixty-nine, and little new blood coming in, their numbers have dwindled markedly. The novelist and memoirist Mary Gordon, who herself once contemplated joining an order, examines this disappearing way of life, talks to survivors here and abroad, and wonders what, if anything, can replace the iconic figure of the nun in the popular imagination of Catholics and non-Catholics alike." (ATLANTIC MONTHLY)
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Originally Published: Women of God, Jan. 2002; pp. 57+.
"Nuns are an endangered species. With a median age in this country of sixty-nine, and little new blood coming in, their numbers have dwindled markedly. The novelist and memoirist Mary Gordon, who herself once contemplated joining an order, examines this disappearing way of life, talks to survivors here and abroad, and wonders what, if anything, can replace the iconic figure of the nun in the popular imagination of Catholics and non-Catholics alike." (ATLANTIC MONTHLY)
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