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Models of Charitable Care: Catholic Nuns and Children in Their Care in Amsterdam, 1852-2002

by Annelies Van Heijst

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Brill

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Models of Charitable Care analyses the practice of Catholic nuns in Amsterdam in the 19th and 20th century. Attention is paid to the ambiguous ascetic spiritual discourse that underpinned their work: it encouraged charity as solidarity with strangers, but caused intense emotional distance too. Historiography is mainly manufactured by religious and lay academics who shared the congregational perspective and presented fairly positive evaluations. Criticism from within, however, is voiced by care leavers who grew up in homes ran by religious. Some are grateful, others bitter. The sisters were living models who combined an anti-worldly outlook with a practical concern for vulnerable creatures. Relating various theoretical interpretations, a typology of three models is developed with 'agency' as the differentiating criterion.
  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    June 2008

  • ISBN

    9789004168336

  • ISBN-10

    9004168338

  • Eden Code

    4892180

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