Annelies van Heijst is assistant professor in ethics and care at the University of Tilburg. From 1982-1992 she worked for the Dutch Association of Nuns. She has published on the history of religious caring and contemporary professional care.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsList of Superior generals of the Poor Sisters of the Divine Child, or Sisters of ‘The Providence’Introduction1. A History of Care2. Caring for Roosje3. Men in Association: Class and Charity4. Ladies and Housemaids: Gender and Charity 5. Powerful and Empowering Care: Confession and Charity6. From the Viewpoint of Care-Receivers7. The Care Vision in the Normative Texts8. Caring for the Children of God9. The Making of Charitable History10. The Ethics of Charitable CareGlossary of Religious TermsBibliography

"Van Heijst [komt] tot een zeer verfijnde en complete anlayse van de zorgpraktijk." Paul van Trigt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam"A must-read for every researcher in the historiography of care work by nuns and for those interested in the debates on what actually took place in the history of various religious-inspired forms of care." Annemieke van Drenth, Leiden University, The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 95, No. 4 (October 2009), pp. 858-859."An elegant [...] tome which should be a welcome addition to university libraries worldwide; academics working in the history of child care, bureaucrats wrestling with the problems of modern residential care and private readers interested in the subject."Barry M. Coldrey, Melbourne. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 90, No. 4 (2010), pp. 715-716.

Annelies van Heijst is assistant professor in ethics and care at the University of Tilburg. From 1982-1992 she worked for the Dutch Association of Nuns. She has published on the history of religious caring and contemporary professional care.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsList of Superior generals of the Poor Sisters of the Divine Child, or Sisters of ‘The Providence’Introduction1. A History of Care2. Caring for Roosje3. Men in Association: Class and Charity4. Ladies and Housemaids: Gender and Charity 5. Powerful and Empowering Care: Confession and Charity6. From the Viewpoint of Care-Receivers7. The Care Vision in the Normative Texts8. Caring for the Children of God9. The Making of Charitable History10. The Ethics of Charitable CareGlossary of Religious TermsBibliography

"Van Heijst [komt] tot een zeer verfijnde en complete anlayse van de zorgpraktijk." Paul van Trigt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam"A must-read for every researcher in the historiography of care work by nuns and for those interested in the debates on what actually took place in the history of various religious-inspired forms of care." Annemieke van Drenth, Leiden University, The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 95, No. 4 (October 2009), pp. 858-859."An elegant [...] tome which should be a welcome addition to university libraries worldwide; academics working in the history of child care, bureaucrats wrestling with the problems of modern residential care and private readers interested in the subject."Barry M. Coldrey, Melbourne. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 90, No. 4 (2010), pp. 715-716.

Annelies van Heijst is assistant professor in ethics and care at the University of Tilburg. From 1982-1992 she worked for the Dutch Association of Nuns. She has published on the history of religious caring and contemporary professional care.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsList of Superior generals of the Poor Sisters of the Divine Child, or Sisters of ‘The Providence’Introduction1. A History of Care2. Caring for Roosje3. Men in Association: Class and Charity4. Ladies and Housemaids: Gender and Charity 5. Powerful and Empowering Care: Confession and Charity6. From the Viewpoint of Care-Receivers7. The Care Vision in the Normative Texts8. Caring for the Children of God9. The Making of Charitable History10. The Ethics of Charitable CareGlossary of Religious TermsBibliography

"Van Heijst [komt] tot een zeer verfijnde en complete anlayse van de zorgpraktijk." Paul van Trigt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam"A must-read for every researcher in the historiography of care work by nuns and for those interested in the debates on what actually took place in the history of various religious-inspired forms of care." Annemieke van Drenth, Leiden University, The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 95, No. 4 (October 2009), pp. 858-859."An elegant [...] tome which should be a welcome addition to university libraries worldwide; academics working in the history of child care, bureaucrats wrestling with the problems of modern residential care and private readers interested in the subject."Barry M. Coldrey, Melbourne. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 90, No. 4 (2010), pp. 715-716.