women, catholicism, and the culture of suffering in France, 1840-1970
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Burton, Richard D.E.
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- B5685 - B
- Thesaurus
- rooms-katholicisme, mystiek, religieuzen, vrouwbeelden, Frankrijk, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, biografische gegevens
- Description
- Burton explores the doctrine of mystical substitution which calls on innocent victims (generally women) to suffer sickness, hunger, poverty, and in extreme cases, the stigmata, in order to redeem a corrupt world. Through eleven biographical sketches, including Mélanie Calvat, Camille Claudel, Raïssa Maritain, Colette Peignot and Simone Weil and Sainte Thérèse, Burton describes the different paths that French women could take in embodying this ideal.