Women of the Church - The Religious Experience of Monastic Women
Written by Patricia Rumsey (Sister Francisca), an enclosed Poor Clare herself, this essential work uses the tools of historical theology to explore how women have lived monastic life through the centuries. This book is indispensable for anyone interested in women’s monasticism and the historical dynamics that have shaped it.
This book argues that the way women religious have been treated within the Church is shaped by history. Monastic women’s unique insight into their own way of life has long been overlooked, and as a result ecclesiastical authorities have not treated them as capable of organising their lives in the same way as monastic men.
Written by Patricia Rumsey (Sister Francisca), an enclosed Poor Clare herself, this essential work uses the tools of historical theology to explore how women have lived monastic life through the centuries. This book is indispensable for anyone interested in women’s monasticism and the historical dynamics that have shaped it.
This book argues that the way women religious have been treated within the Church is shaped by history. Monastic women’s unique insight into their own way of life has long been overlooked, and as a result ecclesiastical authorities have not treated them as capable of organising their lives in the same way as monastic men.
Written by Patricia Rumsey (Sister Francisca), an enclosed Poor Clare herself, this essential work uses the tools of historical theology to explore how women have lived monastic life through the centuries. This book is indispensable for anyone interested in women’s monasticism and the historical dynamics that have shaped it.