A Foreign and Wicked Institution (Paperback)

Rene Kollar

ISBN 10: 022767992X / ISBN 13: 9780227679920

Published by James Clarke & Co Ltd, Cambridge, 2011

About this Item

Paperback. This work explores the prejudice that existed against women in Victorian England who joined sisterhoods and worked in orphanages and in education and were committed to social work among the urban poor. The accomplishments of the nineteenth-century nuns and the opposition they overcame should serve as both an example and encouragement to all men and women committed to the Gospel. An examination of the development of Catholic and Anglican female religious orders in nineteenth-century Britain, and the religious and cultural prejudices that they had to overcome. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Foreign and Wicked Institution (Paperback)
• Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 022767992X
• ISBN 13: 9780227679920
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Many in Victorian England harboured deep suspicion of convent life. In addition to looking at anti-Catholicism and the fear of both Anglican and Catholic sisterhoods that were established during the nineteenth century, this work explores the prejudice that existed against women in Victorian England who joined sisterhoods and worked in orphanages and in education and were committed to social work among the urban poor. Women, according to some of these critics, should remain passive in matters of religion. Nuns, however, did play an important role in many areas of life in nineteenth-century England and faced hostility from many who felt threatened and challenged by members of female religious orders.

About the Author

Fr. Rene Kollar has been a member of the faculty of Saint Vincent College since 1981. A graduate of the former Saint Vincent Preparatory School, he earned a bachelor of arts degree from Saint Vincent College, a Master of Divinity Degree from Saint Vincent Seminary, and a Master of Arts Degree and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.