Declining Institutional Sponsorship and Religious Orders
A Study of Reverse Impacts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2591533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Wittberg (0000-0002-4769-2783, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 315 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1069-4404 • E-ISSN: 1759-8818 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3712581 |
| OpenAlex | W2107222254 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
In recent decades, Catholic religious orders have largely withdrawn from an active presence in the day-to-day operations of their sponsored institutions. Recent mergers have similarly reduced their presence at administrative and board levels. While many studies have investigated the impact of this reduced presence on religious colleges, hospitals, and social agencies, few if any have studied the impact on the sponsoring orders themselves. The present paper uses a series of thirty extended, taped interviews to explore the implications of reduced or eliminated institutional presence on the internal functioning, group identity, and spirituality of two communities of Catholic sisters. Some tentative implications are suggested for further research in other denominations
Ethnology · Political science · Public relations · Religiosity · Religious community · Religious identity · Religious organization · Sociology · Spirituality · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Catholicism and Religious Studies · Law · Medicine · Religion and Society Interactions
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2022 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |