The Conversation

Nuns are a staple on the Hollywood screen – even as they disappear from real life. What’s behind our timeless obsession?

Nuns are a staple of pop culture. Think of The Sound of Music (1965), Sister Act (1992), The Nun’s Story (1959), The Bells of St Mary’s (1945), Heaven Knows Mr. Allison (1957) and Black Narcissus ...
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Nuns, fashion and Broadway: A theater professor’s unlikely quest to preserve the history of the Sisters of Charity of New York

Darrin Pufall Purdy, theater professor at Boise State University, works on a replica of a 1950s habit of the Sisters of Charity of New York in this undated photo. His research led him to advise and ...