Women of faith : the Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the evolution of a religious community / / Mary Beth Fraser Connolly

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789199603321
• Autore: Connolly Mary Beth Fraser
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014
• ISBN: 0-8232-5474-7; 0-8232-5475-5; 0-8232-6160-3; 0-8232-5476-3
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.82
• Soggetti: HISTORY / Social History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. "Charity embraces those who abound" : the spirit of mercy comes to America, 1846-1929 -- part II. "This mutual love and union." From amalgamation to a post-Vatican II world : 1929-1980s -- part III. New life, new paths, same spirit : carrying mercy into the twenty-first century, 1980s-2008.
• Sommario/riassunto: When the Sisters of Mercy lost their foundress Sister Catherine McAuley in 1841, stories of Mother Catherine passed from one generation of sisters to the next. McAuley’s Rule and Constitutions along with her spiritual writings and correspondence communicated the Mercys’ founding charism. Each generation of Sisters of Mercy who succeeded her took these words and her spirit with them as they established new communities or foundations across the United States and around the world. In Women of Faith, Mary Beth Fraser Connolly traces the paths of the women who dedicated their lives to the Sisters of Mercy Chicago Regional Community, the first Congregation of Catholic Sisters in Chicago. More than the story of the institutions that defined the territory and ministries of the women of this Midwestern region, Women of Faith presents a history of the women who made this regional community, whether as foundresses of individual communities in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois in the nineteenth and early twentieth ; centuries or as the teachers, nurses, and pastoral ministers who cared for and educated generations of Midwestern American Catholics. Though they had no immediate connection with McAuley, these women inherited her spirit and vision for religious life. Focusing on how the Chicago Mercys' formed a community, lived their spiritual lives, and served within the institutional Catholic Church, this three-part perspective addresses community, spirituality, and ministry, providing a means by which we can trace the evolution of these women of faith as the world around them changed. The first part of this study focuses on the origins of the Sisters of Mercy in the Midwest from the founding of the Chicago South Side community in 1846 through the amalgamation and creation of the Chicago Province in 1929. The second part examines how the Mercys' came together as one province through the changes of Vatican II from 1929 to the 1980's. Part III examines life after the dramatic changes of Vatican II in the 1990's and 2000's.Presenting rich examples of how faith cannot be separated from identity, Women of Faith provides an important new contribution to the scholarship that is shaping our collective understanding of women religious.

Latin America in the 21st century [[electronic resource] ] : nations, regionalism, globalization / / Gian Luca Gardini ; translated by Gemma Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826157403321
• Autore: Gardini Gian Luca
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2012; [London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021
• ISBN: 1-350-22104-X; 1-280-37863-8; 9786613556547; 1-78032-090-6
• Descrizione fisica: 146 p
• Classificazione: 89.40
• Disciplina: 320.98
• Soggetti: Politics & government; Latin America Politics and government 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published in Italian in 2009 under the title L'America Latina nel XXI secolo by Carocci Editore S.p.A., Via Sardegna 50, 00187 Roma, Italia.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: About the author; Introduction; ONE The states of Latin America: between rhetoric and pragmatism; Introduction; Brazil; Argentina; Chile; Venezuela; Bolivia; An overview of the rest of Latin America; Conclusions; TWO Latin American regionalism: between unity and diversity; Introduction; The roots and development of Latin American regionalism; Latin American regionalism during the Cold War; From open regionalism to the search for new solutions; Mercosur; NAFTA; The Andean Community; The inter-American system; Latin American regionalism in the new millennium; Conclusions.; THREE Latin America in the world: between change and continuityIntroduction; Relations with the United States: from the historical and philosophical roots to the end of the twentieth century; Inter-American relations in the twenty-first century; The present and future impact of the pink tide on US-Latin American relations; Relations with the European Union; Relations with China: return to Eldorado or ; return to dependency?; Conclusions; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Twenty-first century Latin America is rich in history, culture, and political and social experimentation. In this fascinating and insightful analysis, Gian Luca Gardini looks at contemporary developments at three interconnected levels: state, regional and global. Overall, Gardini argues that despite the numerous challenges to be faced, Latin America is now more wealthy, autonomous and better placed in global geopolitics than at any time in its recent history.