{"product_id":"new-faces-new-possibilities-cultural-diversity-and-structural-change-in-institutes-of-women-religious-paperback","title":"New Faces, New Possibilities: Cultural Diversity and Structural Change in Institutes of Women Religious - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Gaunt\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eThu T. Do\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCenter for Applied Research in the Apost\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligious sisters have created educational and healthcare systems over the past two hundred years that have transformed the Catholic community in the United States. Through their ministry, sisters have served waves of immigrants and those pushed to the margins. The growing cultural diversity of newer sisters and the diminishing number of older sisters, therefore, is both a challenge and a creative moment to be critically examined. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book examines these changes in culture and ethnicity among sisters, the structural impact of diminishing numbers, and the creative response to this new reality for religious life in the United States. In it, sisters from a variety of generations, cultures, and institutes join with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) researchers to examine and reflect on CARA's recent research findings and their impact on the life and ministry of sisters today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas P. Gaunt, SJ, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis a Jesuit of the USA East Province. He has a PhD in city planning from the University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill. Previously he was the executive secretary of the Jesuit Conference--USA, and director of formation and studies for the Jesuits of the Maryland and New York Provinces. Among his publications are: \u003ci\u003eCatholic Parishes of the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePathways to Religious Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCatholic Bishops in the United States: Church Leadership in the Third Millennium.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSister Thu T. Do, LHC, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e is a Sister of the Lovers of the Holy Cross of Hanoi and a CARA research associate. She received her PhD in higher education at St. Louis University. Her dissertation focused on understanding the scholarship initiative for international religious sisters in Catholic higher education institutions. She coauthored \u003ci\u003eMigration for Mission: International Catholic Sisters in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e. At CARA, she is involved in various survey research projects, specializing in the area of religious life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.54 x 5.61 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766756016416,"sku":"9780814667392","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9acee3a9f0a9db4096b9b301f7ff019f.webp?v=1780298247","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/new-faces-new-possibilities-cultural-diversity-and-structural-change-in-institutes-of-women-religious-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}