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Dedicated to God - An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns (Hardcover)
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Dedicated to God - An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Oral History Series
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As a subculture, cloistered monastic nuns live hidden from public
view by choice. Once a woman joins the cloister and makes final
vows, she is almost never seen and her voice is not heard; her
story is essentially nonexistent in the historical record and
collective, public history.
From interviews conducted over six years, Abbie Reese tells the
stories of the Poor Clare Colettine Order, a cloistered
contemplative order at the Corpus Christi Monastery in Rockford,
Illinois. Seldom leaving their 25,000-square-foot gated enclosure,
members of this community embrace an extreme version of poverty and
anonymity - a separation that enables them to withdraw from the
world to devote their lives to prayer. This removal, they contend,
allows them to have a greater impact on humanity than if they
maintained direct contact with loved ones and strangers.
Dedicated to God explores individual and cultural identity through
oral history interviews with several generations of nuns, focusing
on the origins and life stories of the women who have chosen to
become members of one of the strictest religious orders. But the
narrative is also one of a collective memory and struggle against
extinction and modernity, a determination to create community
within the framework of ancient rules.
The author's stunning photographs of their dual worlds, religious
and quotidian, add texture to the narrative.
This artistic and ethnographic work highlights the countercultural
values and dedication of individuals who, at incredible personal
cost, live for love of God and humanity, out of faith in what
cannot be seen, and with the belief that they will be rewarded in
the afterlife.
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