Kane, Paula M. creator text bibliography biography Electronic books. ncu 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource. "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"-- "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"-- Paula M. Kane. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Reilly, Margaret 1884-1937 Sisters of the Good Shepherd Biography Nuns United States Biography Stigmatization United States History 20th century Catholic Church United States History 20th century RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations BX4705.R43155 K36 2013eb 271/.97 REL010000 HIS036080 Kane, Paula M. (DLC) 2013015617 (OCoLC)838415411 9781469612560 (electronic bk.) 1469612569 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=582998 http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1116/2785411/image/lgcover.9781469607603.jpg http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=582998 http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1116/2785411/image/lgcover.9781469607603.jpg N$T 130916 20200709055836.0 ocn858282259