Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Introduction xix
6. 1. Religious Orders: Old and New 1
7. 2. Sociological Perspectives 39
8. 3. Declining Membership in Religious Orders 67
9. 4. Education and the Exodus 89
10. 5. Why the Exodus from Religious Orders 101
11. 6. Convents: Reflections on Their Present and Future 119
12. Appendices 127
13. Notes 145
14. Bibliography 149