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Contesting the Veil in America: Catholic Habits and the Controversy over Religious Clothing in the United States


Emily Yuan 20'
(journal)
This source talks about the controversy of Catholic Habits in the Unites States thorough out the
years. Some religious habits are viewed as a degradation of women's dignity and value, but a ban
on the habits in the United States might be impossible due to the First Amendment protection of
freedom of speech including clothing items. However, "criticism of the Catholic habits gained
steam in the United States in the nineteenth century", and "cultural and legal objections to its
public presence would culminate" in the mid-twentieth century.
Though there are no practical policies to push the change of habits, the controversy over this topic
continues nowadays. More and more nuns around the world start to try new styles of habits
without breaking the basic rules of their faiths; women who are not nuns begin to fight for more
benefits for their compatriots. The attention to self-awareness from both religious followers and
non-followers is going to overturn the stereotype of religion and integrate religion with modern
society.

This source is the base of my future research on the changing direction of the habits of the nuns. What is the baseline of the movement for the change of habits? Which elements could be added to/removed from the habits to make the clothes more suitable and comfortable? The answers are right in the corner of the history and the future.

Holscher, Kathleen. “Contesting the Veil in America: Catholic Habits and the Controversy 
over Religious Clothing in the United States.” Journal of Church and State, vol. 54, 
2012, pp. 57–81.
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