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In Christianity, nuns are found in the Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, and Anglican and some Presbyterian traditions, as well as other Christian denominations. [1] In the Buddhist tradition, female monastics are known as Bhikkhuni , and take several additional vows compared to male monastics ( bhikkhus ).
"The growth and decline of the population of Catholic nuns cross-nationally, 1960-1990: A case of secularization as social structural change." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (1996): 171-183. JSTOR 1387084; Fialka, John J. Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America (New York: St. Martin Press, 2003), popular journalism.
Letty M. Russell, American Christian feminist theologian who pioneered feminist ecclesiology; Joan E. Taylor, English historian of the Bible and early Christianity with special expertise in archaeology, and women's and gender studies. Emilie Townes, American Christian social ethicist and theologian
Women in Church history have played a variety of roles in the life of Christianity—notably as contemplatives, health care givers, educationalists and missionaries. Until recent times, women were generally excluded from episcopal and clerical positions within the certain Christian churches; however, great numbers of women have been influential in the life of the church, from contemporaries of ...
The nuns have been embroiled in a dispute with the Diocese of Fort Worth and the Vatican for over a year. It began when Bishop Michael Olson investigated a report that the nuns’ leader, the Rev ...
The nun in charge of a monastery, convent, or abbey. In some traditions, ordained to the diaconate. Episcopal Vicar: Very Reverend, Very Rev. A bishop or priest granted vicarious authority from a diocesan bishop for a specific area of ministry (e.g., Judicial Vicar, Vicar for Clergy, etc.).
The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school and asked them to pray for the “men of the resistance” in southern Lebanon who she said were defending the ...
Christian nuns by religious denomination. Subcategories. ... Catholic religious sisters and nuns (4 C, 2 P) E. Eastern Orthodox nuns (6 C, 2 P) L. Lutheran nuns (7 C ...