{"product_id":"beyond-the-altar-christine-l-m-gervais-9781771122948","title":"Beyond the Altar: Women Religious, Patriarchal Power, and the Church","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Altar\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates how women religious overcome sexist subjugation by side-stepping the patriarchal power of the Roman Catholic Church. This book counters the stereotypical image of Catholic nuns as being loyally compliant with their church by showing how a number of current and former women religious in Canada challenge their institutional religion's precepts and engage in transformative strategies to effect change both within and outside the Roman Catholic Church. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The sisters' testimonials reveal never-before-shared details about their painful experiences of male domination, their courageous efforts to move beyond such sexist stifling, and the women-led and women-centered spiritual, governance, and activist practices they have engendered in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Featuring many examples of the sisters' resourcefulness, resilience, and resistance, this book fills a void in international scholarship on what Canadian Catholic women religious have endured and accomplished. Through interviews and in-depth accounts of the complexities and nuances present in the current and former sisters' lives, readers will discover their steadfast indomitability as they strategically, and sometimes subversively, innovate their spiritual spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine L. M. Gervais\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771122943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771122948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2018","brand":"Christine L. M. Gervais","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937938211071,"sku":"9781771122948","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7587d44c-5df3-48ad-be34-1632fa34473a.jpg?v=1681432784","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-altar-christine-l-m-gervais-9781771122948","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}