Catholic Religious Orders of Women in China: Adaptation and Power

Although sociologists have argued that religious orders fulfill the same creative functions within Catholicism that sectarian groups perform for Protestantism, no research has examined whether the orders can serve this function in non-Western societies where Catholics are a minority. This article ex...

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Published in:Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Main Authors: Leung, Beatrice, Wittberg, Patricia
Format: Articles
Published: [Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Wiley] 2004
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Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/1387774