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Thompson Weighs In on Relations Between US Sisters and the Vatican in Global Sisters Report
Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science, says one of the biggest reasons for the changing relationship is that [Pope] Francis and other key decision-makers were members of religious congregations themselves. "I think that made a big difference," she says.
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Thompson Reviews New Book on History of Black Catholic Nuns in Global Sisters Report
Associate Professor Margaret Susan Thompson reviewed a new book by Shannen Dee Williams titled "Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle" in Global Sisters Report.
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Thompson quoted in Global Sisters Report article on US sisters, racism
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Thompson discusses 19th century distrust of nuns in Global Sisters Report
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Thompson discusses role of nuns in past pandemics in Global Sisters Report
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Thompson examines the meaning of success in religious life in Global Sisters Report
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Thompson discusses the study of nuns as an outsider in Sisters Report
"I believe I've spent enough time within sisters' domain to understand it, to speak its language, and to interpret and present it all to others. In this, I may have an advantage that insiders do not in presenting that world to a wider audience that really ought to know about it," writes Margaret S. Thompson, associate professor of history and political science.
Thompson discusses how media represents nuns in Global Sisters Report
"Vowed women in the church deserve more than our fascination, our giggles, and our objectification. They deserve, instead, our appreciation—and, more importantly, our respect," writes Margaret S. Thompson, associate professor of history and political science.