| Windows on a Women's World: The Dominican Sisters of Aotearoa New Zealand Contributor(s): Grant, Susannah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0947522425 ISBN-13: 9780947522421 Publisher: Otago University Press OUR PRICE: $34.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - Religion | Christianity - Catholic - Religion | Institutions & Organizations |
| Dewey: 271.972 |
| LCCN: 2017430682 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.9" W x 9.4" (2.25 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first 10 Dominican sisters arrived in Dunedin in 1871. The congregation expanded rapidly, establishing schools throughout Otago and Southland, and eventually reaching as far north as Auckland. For most of their first century in New Zealand the Dominican sisters were teaching nuns, living in large enclosed convents cut off from the outside world. In the mid-1960s the Second Vatican Council ushered in a period of radical change. Susannah Grant was given full access to the congregation's rich archives in order to write this book, from the point of view of an 'outsider'. |