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Author : Mary Gilligan Wong
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : WISC:89072951189
Author : Patricia O'Donnell-Gibson
Publisher : Self Publisher
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-29
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 0983611203
Impressionistic and dreamy, a nine-year-old girl immediately feels that she might be called by God when a Catholic missionary speaks to her third grade class at a Catholic school. The idea of this calling embeds itself into her, haunting her through elementary and high school, after which she chooses to enter the convent. Her story follows the five years she spent as an Adrian Dominican nun struggling to balance her desire for a secular life with her great fear of turning her back on God's call. Her stories are sad as well as joyous, inspiring as well as unsettling.
Author : Denis Diderot
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375712821
Memoirs of a Nun, which began as a joke and grew into a masterpiece, was one of the loudest salvos fired in the continuing battles between the clergy and the intelligentsia which defined so much of eighteenth-century French history. Diderot's story of a novice held in a convent against her will and forced to undergo curious spiritual and sexual trials displays all the brilliance, icy wit, and worldliness of the Enlightenment at its best.
Author : Denis Diderot
Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783989887398
A new translation of Denis Diderot's 1775 The Nun from the original French manuscript into American English. This edition contains an afterword by the translator on Diderot's philosophic legacy, a timeline of his works and life, and a glossary of philosophic terminology utilized in his works. "The Nun" is a famous novel written by Diderot that tells the story of Suzanne Simonin, a young woman forced into convent life against her will. The work explores themes of religious oppression, personal freedom, and the hypocrisy of the church. Diderot criticizes the rigid and oppressive institutions of his time, shedding light on the mistreatment and abuses suffered by individuals within religious orders. "The Nun" had a significant impact on discussions about the rights and autonomy of women and the need for reform within the Catholic Church. It sparked debates and controversy, with some praising its critique of religious institutions while others condemned it as sacrilegious. Notably, the novel was a favorite of French writer Gustave Flaubert, who greatly admired Diderot's portrayal of the protagonist's struggle against societal constraints.
Author : Catalina De Erauso
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807095669
One of the earliest known autobiographies by a woman, this is the extraordinary tale of Catalina de Erauso, who in 1599 escaped from a Basque convent dressed as a man and went on to live one of the most wildly fantastic lives of any woman in history. A soldier in the Spanish army, she traveled to Peru and Chile, became a gambler, and even mistakenly killed her own brother in a duel. During her lifetime she emerged as the adored folkloric hero of the Spanish-speaking world. This delightful translation of Catalina's own work introduces a new audience to her audacious escapades.
Author : Faith Jones
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062952462
Named a Best Book of 2021 by Newsweek and a Most Anticipated by People, TIME, USA Today, Real Simple, Glamour, Nylon, Bustle, Purewow, Shondaland, and more! Educated meets The Vow in this story of liberation and self-empowerment—an inspiring and stranger-than-fiction memoir of growing up in and breaking free from the Children of God, an oppressive, extremist religious cult. Faith Jones was raised to be part a religious army preparing for the End Times. Growing up on an isolated farm in Macau, she prayed for hours every day and read letters of prophecy written by her grandfather, the founder of the Children of God. Tens of thousands of members strong, the cult followers looked to Faith’s grandfather as their guiding light. As such, Faith was celebrated as special and then punished doubly to remind her that she was not. Over decades, the Children of God grew into an international organization that became notorious for its alarming sex practices and allegations of abuse and exploitation. But with indomitable grit, Faith survived, creating a world of her own—pilfering books and teaching herself high school curriculum. Finally, at age twenty-three, thirsting for knowledge and freedom, she broke away, leaving behind everything she knew to forge her own path in America. A complicated family story mixed with a hauntingly intimate coming-of-age narrative, Faith Jones’ extraordinary memoir reflects our societal norms of oppression and abuse while providing a unique lens to explore spiritual manipulation and our rights in our bodies. Honest, eye-opening, uplifting, and intensely affecting, Sex Cult Nun brings to life a hidden world that’s hypnotically alien yet unexpectedly relatable.
Author : Denis Diderot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Convents
ISBN : WISC:89008153462
Author : Denis Diderot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1069341357
Author : Denis Diderot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Nuns
ISBN : IND:30000011860297
Author : Peter Manseau
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743249089
In this multi-generational tale of a family's unshakeable faith, the author tells his parents' courageous story--as a priest and a former nun who wed--and deftly weaves how their decision has affected his own spiritual journey. of photos.
Author : Gretchen Mobley,Gretchen Grossman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Ex-nuns
ISBN : 0615956726
Wild with imagination, yet blinded by Church formulas, her life was in chaos. She was in over her head. Attempting second, third, and fourth acts, and like playing multiple roles on a stage, the author was ideally raised by two devoted Catholic parents in her first act. She unintentionally walled herself off from life in her second act, only to run head-long into an enticing marriage for her third act. Scrambling for a fourth act, this time alone with two sons, she hunted for a spiritual resurgence, one without the former constraints of powerful others, but most unfortunately, also without the seduction of the creative life her husband ignited. With sheer pluck and determination, she stayed the course until she found her way.
Author : Judith C. Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1986-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780197652220
The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. Brown was an event of major historical importance. Not only is the story revealed in Immodest Acts that of the rise and fall of a powerful woman in a church community and a record of the life of a religious visionary, it is also the earliest documentation of lesbianism in modern Western history. Born of well-to-do parents, Benedetta Carlini entered the convent at the age of nine. At twenty-three, she began to have visions of both a religious and erotic nature. Benedetta was elected abbess due largely to these visions, but later aroused suspicions by claiming to have had supernatural contacts with Christ. During the course of an investigation, church authorities not only found that she had faked her visions and stigmata, but uncovered evidence of a lesbian affair with another nun, Bartolomeo. The story of the relationship between the two nuns and of Benedetta's fall from an abbess to an outcast is revealed in surprisingly candid archival documents and retold here with a fine sense of drama.
Author : Joanne Howe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1996-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0892252928
Author : Philip Nicholas Furbank,Clive Emsley,Stuart Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UVA:X000398044
Author : Denis Diderot
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780199555246
The seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent and take holy orders.