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Author Heijst, Annelies van.

Title Models of charitable care : Catholic nuns and children in their care in Amsterdam, 1852-2002 / by Annelies van Heijst.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 414 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Brill's series in church history, 1572-4107 ; v. 33. Religious history and culture series ; v. 1
Brill's series in church history ; d. 33.
Brill's series in church history. Religious history and culture series ; v. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-408) and index.
Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: A History of Care; Chapter Two: Caring for Roosje; Chapter Three: Men in Association: Class and Charity; Chapter Four: Ladies and Housemaids: Gender and Charity; Chapter Five: Powerful and Empowering Care: Confession and Charity; Chapter Six: From the Viewpoint of Care Receivers; Chapter Seven: The Care Vision in the Normative Texts; Chapter Eight: Caring for the Children of God; Chapter Nine: The Making of Charitable History; Chapter Ten: The Ethics of Charitable Care.
Summary Analyses the practice of Catholic nuns in Amsterdam in the 19th and 20th century. This book focuses on the ambiguous ascetic spiritual discourse that underpinned their work: it encouraged charity as solidarity with strangers, but caused intense emotional distance too.
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Subject Arme Zusters van het Goddelijk Kind.
Arme Zusters van het Goddelijk Kind.
Zusters van 'De Voorzienigheid' (1970)
Zusters van 'De Voorzienigheid' (1970)
Arme Zusters van het Goddelijk Kind.
Zusters van 'De Voorzienigheid' (1970)
Zusters van de Voorzienigheid.
Zusters van de Voorzienigheid.
Church work with children -- Catholic Church.
Church work with children -- Catholic Church.
Church work with children -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
Church work with children.
Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
Nuns -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
Nuns.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1852-2002
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Liefdewerk. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008028190
Other Form: Print version: Heijst, Annelies van. Liefdewerk. English. Models of charitable care. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 (DLC) 2008015938
ISBN 9789047442707 (electronic book)
9047442709 (electronic book)
1282399357
9781282399358
9789004168336 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004168338 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004168336.i-417