Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Selfless Desires: Sacrificial and Self-Fulfilling Service to Others in Casablanca (1942), The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945), and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) 18
6. 2. Sexual Desires: Repression and Sublimation in Black Narcissus (1947), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), and Sea Wife (1957) 59
7. 3. Subjective Desires: The Role of the Catholic Family Romance in The Nun’s Story (1959) 109
8. 4. Sonorous Desires: Sweet, Spirited, and Stirring Voices in The Sound of Music (1965) and Change of Habit (1969) 161
9. 5. Sacred Desires: Passion and Pathology in In This House of Brede (1975) and Agnes of God (1985) 205
10. 6. Spiritual Desires: Sin, Suffering, Death, and Salvation in Dead Man Walking (1995) 251
11. Conclusion: Suspect Desires: The End of a Religious Illusion in Doubt (2008)? 275
12. Works Cited 303
13. Index 327