Do Penance Or Perish
Do Penance Or Perish

Author: Frances Finnegan

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780195174601

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Frances Finnegan traces the history of the Magdalen Asylums in Ireland, homes founded in the 19th century for the detention of prostitutes undergoing reform, but which later received unwed mothers, wayward girls and the mentally retarded, all of them put to work as forced labour in church-run laundries.

Origins of the Magdalene Laundries
Origins of the Magdalene Laundries

Author: Rebecca Lea McCarthy

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2010-03-08

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 0786455802

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The convents, asylums, and laundries that once comprised the Magdalene institutions are the subject of this work. Though originally half-way homes for prostitutes in the Middle Ages, these homes often became forced-labor institutions, particularly in Ireland. Examining the laundries within the context of a growing world capitalist economy, the work argues that the process of colonization, and of defining a national image, determined the nature and longevity of the Magdalene Laundries. This process developed differently in Ireland, where the last laundry closed in 1996. The book focuses on the devolution of the significance of Mary Magdalene as a metaphor for the organization: from an affluent, strong supporter of Jesus to a simple, fallen woman.

Making Amends
Making Amends

Author: Linda Radzik

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-04-07

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0199767254

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It is often assumed that wrongdoing can only be resolved through punishment or forgiveness. But this book explores the responses that wrongdoers can and should make to their own misdeeds, responses such as apology, repentance, reparations, and self-punishment. It examines the possibility of atonement in a broad spectrum of contexts -- from cases of relatively minor wrongs in personal relationships, to crimes, to the historical injustices of our political and religious communities. It argues that wrongdoers often have the ability to earn redemption within the moral community, that respect and trust among victims, communities and wrongdoers can be rebuilt, and that the moral responsibility of wrongdoing groups can be addressed without treating their members unfairly.

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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published:

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 3385150655

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