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03744aam a2200457 i 4500 001 D593F60AE55311E7AFB0C42A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20230510010042 008 170330t20172017quca b 001 0 eng 020 $a 0773551417 020 $a 9780773551411 035 $a (OCoLC)981934837 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d UAB $d INU $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 045 $a x4x6 050 4 $a BX4220 .U6 $b T58 2017 055 0 $a BX4220.U6 $b T58 2017 082 04 $a 271/.90097309045 $2 23 100 1 $a Titley, E. Brian, $e author. 245 10 $a Into silence and servitude : $b how American girls became nuns, 1945-1965 / $c Brian Titley. 264 1 $a Montreal ; $b McGill-Queen's University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a xvi, 281 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; $v 79 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index. 520 $a "Much has been written about prominent nuns and the institutions they built, but there is little on the decision to enter a convent or on the training that followed. In Into Silence and Servitude secular historian Brian Titley examines the experiences of young women recruited into Catholic religious sisterhoods during the two decades of convent expansion that followed the Second World War. Overwhelmingly deployed as teachers in the Church's schools, the nuns' wageless labour reduced costs and made Catholic education more affordable. The Church adopted a more active approach to recruitment at this time in order to expand its teaching force of nuns as baby boomers filled its classrooms. Recruitment involved identifying suitable girls in Catholic schools and encouraging them to validate their religious vocations in formation programs behind convent walls. Tactics of persuasion, derived from a growing body of field-tested ideas, were directed at the girls--and at their parents too if they were unsupportive, which many were. Convent formation programs--aspirancy, postulancy, and novitiate--presented recruits with unique challenges. Although expulsions and withdrawals punctuated each formation stage, the total number of nuns nationwide continued to grow until reaching a pinnacle in 1965, just as Catholic schools achieved their highest enrolment. The book concludes with an analysis of the unexpected collapse of the convent system after 1965. Based on extensive archival research, memoirs, oral history, and obscure Church publications, Into Silence and Servitude presents a compelling narrative that opens a window on little known aspects of America's convent system."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 650 0 $a Convents $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Girls $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Church history $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Convents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00877187 650 7 $a Girls $x Religious life. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00942903 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Church history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411629 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 1 $a Titley, E. Brian. $t Into silence and servitude. $k McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; $k McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; $w (CaOONL)2017901904X 830 0 $a McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. $n Series two ; $v 79. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210020740.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20181218010344.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D593F60AE55311E7AFB0C42A97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search