From Piety to Professionalism--And Back? de Patricia Wittberg

From Piety to Professionalism--And Back?

Patricia Wittberg

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 mar 2006

From Piety to Professionalism D and Back? argues that the dissolution ties with institutions has greatly affected denominations-especially specific denominational subgroups such as Catholic religious orders, Protestant deaconesses, or women's missionary societies D in profoundly important ways: shifting or obliterating their recruitment bases, altering the backgrounds and expectations of their leaders, and often causing fundamental transformations in the very identity and culture of the groups themselves.

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Patricia Wittberg, SC, is a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago, is emeritus professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and is currently a research associate with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA). She is particularly interested in generational continuity and change among Catholics. Her academic research focuses on the sociology of religion, community, and church and nonprofit organizations. She is the author of numerous books and articles on Catholicism and Catholic religious life, most recently chapters in Migration for Mission: International Catholic Sisters in the United States, (Oxford University Press, 2019) and Faith and Spiritual Life of Young Adult Catholics in a Rising Hispanic Church (Liturgical Press, 2022).

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Argues that the dissolution ties with institutions has greatly affected denominations - especially specific denominational subgroups such as Catholic religious orders, Protestant deaconesses, or women's missionary societies - in profoundly important ways shifting or obliterating their recruitment bases.