Ecclesiastical Robots by Ferry Ann (6 results)

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - ECCLESIATICAL ROBOTS written by Ann Ferry, explores the Irish reluctance to face up to thelegacy of widespread institutional abuse has been remarkable in the long crisis in the CatholicChurch. Instead of principled stock taking, defensiveness and even blaming the victims havebeen the norm.The reflexive field of fiction has long been used by the Irish to consider history. ECCLESIASTICALROBOTS is based on factual stories reminding us that the life for the training of postulantsentering the convent to become nuns was frequently a truly traumatic and dehumanizingprocess exposing oppression by authority within religious orders often with sad results. Thebook explores a dysfunctional and controlling culture where rules were to be obeyed at anycost and cruelty was imposed for the slightest infraction. The book highlights that life in manyreligious entities became robotic and obedience to every schedule and routine summonedautomatic responses.The public perception of religious institutions is that the people who enter them are good andcaring and compassionate. Though ECCLESIASTICAL ROBOTS is a work of fiction it is based onreality and supports the premise that very frequently, all is not what it seems.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. ECCLESIATICAL ROBOTS written by Ann Ferry, explores the Irish reluctance to face up to thelegacy of widespread institutional abuse has been remarkable in the long crisis in the CatholicChurch. Instead of principled stock taking, defensiveness and even blaming the victims havebeen the norm.The reflexive field of fiction has long been used by the Irish to consider history. ECCLESIASTICALROBOTS is based on factual stories reminding us that the life for the training of postulantsentering the convent to become nuns was frequently a truly traumatic and dehumanizingprocess exposing oppression by authority within religious orders often with sad results. Thebook explores a dysfunctional and controlling culture where rules were to be obeyed at anycost and cruelty was imposed for the slightest infraction. The book highlights that life in manyreligious entities became robotic and obedience to every schedule and routine summonedautomatic responses.The public perception of religious institutions is that the people who enter them are good andcaring and compassionate. Though ECCLESIASTICAL ROBOTS is a work of fiction it is based onreality and supports the premise that very frequently, all is not what it seems. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. ECCLESIATICAL ROBOTS written by Ann Ferry, explores the Irish reluctance to face up to thelegacy of widespread institutional abuse has been remarkable in the long crisis in the CatholicChurch. Instead of principled stock taking, defensiveness and even blaming the victims havebeen the norm.The reflexive field of fiction has long been used by the Irish to consider history. ECCLESIASTICALROBOTS is based on factual stories reminding us that the life for the training of postulantsentering the convent to become nuns was frequently a truly traumatic and dehumanizingprocess exposing oppression by authority within religious orders often with sad results. Thebook explores a dysfunctional and controlling culture where rules were to be obeyed at anycost and cruelty was imposed for the slightest infraction. The book highlights that life in manyreligious entities became robotic and obedience to every schedule and routine summonedautomatic responses.The public perception of religious institutions is that the people who enter them are good andcaring and compassionate. Though ECCLESIASTICAL ROBOTS is a work of fiction it is based onreality and supports the premise that very frequently, all is not what it seems. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…