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Sister Thorn and Catholic Mysticism in Modern America Paperback - 2015

by Paula M. Kane


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One day in 1917, while cooking dinner at home in Manhattan, Margaret Reilly (1884-1937) felt a sharp pain over her heart and claimed to see a crucifix emerging in blood on her skin. Four years later, Reilly entered the convent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Peekskill, New York, where, known as Sister Mary of the Crown of Thorns, she spent most of her life gravely ill and possibly exhibiting Christ's wounds. In this portrait of Sister Thorn, Paula M. Kane scrutinizes the responses to this American stigmatic's experiences and illustrates the surprising presence of mystical phenomena in twentieth-century American Catholicism.
Drawing on accounts by clerical authorities, ordinary Catholics, doctors, and journalists--as well as on medicine, anthropology, and gender studies--Kane explores American Catholic mysticism, setting it in the context of life after World War I and showing the war's impact on American Christianity. Sister Thorn's life, she reveals, marks the beginning of a transition among Catholics from a devotional, Old World piety to a newly confident role in American society.

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One day in 1917, while cooking dinner at home in Manhattan, Margaret Reilly (1884-1937) felt a sharp pain over her heart and claimed to see a crucifix emerging in blood on her skin. Four years later, Reilly entered the convent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Peekskill, New York, where, known as Sister Mary of the Crown of Thorns, she spent most of her life gravely ill and possibly exhibiting Christ's wounds. In this portrait of Sister Thorn, Paula M. Kane scrutinizes the responses to this American stigmatic's experiences and illustrates the surprising presence of mystical phenomena in twentieth-century American Catholicism.

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  • Title Sister Thorn and Catholic Mysticism in Modern America
  • Author Paula M. Kane
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 328
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Carolina Press
  • Date 2015-08-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781469626581 / 1469626586
  • Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.29 x 6.16 x 0.9 in (23.60 x 15.65 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Religious Orientation: Catholic
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013015617
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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