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Wilfully Disempowered
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Abstract Two cases from the UK are discussed to explore why, in the author's terms, women wilfully disempower themselves in religion and spiritual contexts. A case study of a women's prayer group shows how they resist acknowledging their own power or the idea that they are engaging in informal ritual equally... mehr
Two cases from the UK are discussed to explore why, in the author's terms, women wilfully disempower themselves in religion and spiritual contexts. A case study of a women's prayer group shows how they resist acknowledging their own power or the idea that they are engaging in informal ritual equally important to their male counterparts. Second, qualitative data from a large study of people's beliefs are used to show how women willingly submit to a higher male power through a process of self-denigration. It is argued that the women are making rational, strategic choices in an increasingly secular and patriarchal world.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Religion; Gender
Freie Schlagwörter
patriarchy; secular; spiritual; women;
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2008
Seitenangabe
S. 261-276
Zeitschriftentitel
European Journal of Women's Studies, 15 (2008) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506808091507
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)