M Trzebiatowska
Biographic Data
| ID | 35670 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Trzebiatowska |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Trzebiatowska |
| SIGNATURE | TRZEBIATOWSKA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1363-3344 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Presuming religious congruence? The nonreligious and Catholicism in Poland
This article contributes to the understanding of the symbiotic relationship between the nonreligious and the religious in religiously homogeneous cultures. Specifically, it examines the centrality of the religious congruence fallacy in the narratives of nonreligious people. Based on 60 qualitative interviews with Polish nones, I chart the ways in which they make sense of the dominant model of Polish-Catholic religiosity, commonly referred to as t…
Formations of Belief: Historical Approaches to Religion and the Secular edited by Philip Nord, Katja Guenther & Max Weiss
Atheism is not the problem. The problem is being a woman’. Atheist women and reasonable feminism
While the percentage of religiously unaffiliated women is growing in the West, little is known about the relationship between atheism and feminism. This article redresses the gap by exploring women’s identification with atheism and feminism. The central argument draws on qualitative interview data from the UK, Australia, the US and Poland and emphasizes the role of atheism as a background identity marker through which female subjectivity is enact…
Sex and Secularism, written by Joan Wallach Scott
Sovereign of Herself: Women’s Narratives of ‘Lived Atheism’
In most western societies the number of female non-believers is growing and atheism has become one manifestation of nonreligion among many (Pew Forum, 2015). However, little is known about female atheists. This article fills the gap by providing the voices of a small percentage of women who consider themselves ‘practising’ but not ‘active’ atheists. Through a sociological analysis of qualitative interviews with twenty self-identified atheist wome…
Getting to Church: Exploring Narratives of Gender and Joining
Getting to Church: Exploring Narratives of Gender and Joining." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(1), pp. 154–155
The Politics of Morality: The Church, the State, and Reproductive Rights in Postsocialist Poland
The Politics of Morality: The Church, the State, and Reproductive Rights in Postsocialist Poland." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 32(2), pp. 344–345
Becoming a ‘real’ Catholic: Polish migrants and lived religiosity in the UK and Ireland
The effect of migration on religiosity is a well-documented theme in the sociology of religion. Despite the rapid growth in the number of Polish Catholics in the UK and Ireland, little has been written on the spiritual and religious aspects of their journeys. This article is based on the authors’ ethnographic fieldwork with Polish migrants in the UK and Ireland. Drawing on qualitative interviews and participant observation with Polish migrants of…
Religious Change in the West: Watch the Women
This chapter provides evidence for the spread of spirituality during the last few decades by studying spiritual beliefs and self-designations among the general populations of western countries. It examines Dick Houtman and Mascini&s;s theory that the spread of spirituality is caused by a process of detraditionalization. This refinement is called for, because in its original form it cannot explain the high levels of affinity with spirituality amon…
Contributions from Sociology
Sociologists are concerned with the way human behaviour is patterned. They look for plausible explanations of phenomena that strike them as important due to their objective prevalence in social life. This chapter outlines the social scientific tools for studying religion, gender, and sexuality. Drawing on a range of examples from sociology of religion it explores the significance of individuals’ dispositions on the one hand and opportunities they…
Secular and Religious Feminisms: A Future of Disconnection
This article identifies a disciplinary disconnection between secular and religious feminisms. While areas of study such as women’s, gender and feminist studies, and disciplines like feminist studies in religion, spirituality and theology advance understanding of gender relations, they are forms of analysis that rarely keep company. As we argue, there is a disconnection grounded in a sacred/secular divide (Magee, 1999) evident through the differen…
Beyond compliance and resistance: Polish Catholic nuns negotiating femininity
This article examines the production of consecrated femininity in contemporary Polish convents. Drawing on qualitative data from 35 interviews in five religious communities the article explores the type of female agency which transforms the dominant model of Polish femininity instead of resisting it. Following Lois McNay’s (2000) concept of narrative identity, the article argues that female agency does not necessarily emerge out of subversion of …
Why are Women more Religious than Men
Women are more religious than men. Despite being excluded from leadership positions, in almost every culture and religious tradition, women are more likely than men to pray, to worship, and to claim that their faith is important to them. Women also dominate the world of ‘New Age’ spirituality and are far more superstitious than men. This book reviews the now-sizeable body of social research to consider if the gender gap in religion is indeed univ…
Bourdieu, Capital, and Conflict in a Religious Field: The Case of the ‘Homosexuality’ Conflict in the Anglican Communion
Although Bourdieu's sociological project is a generalised sociology of religion, his work has not been as influential among sociologists of religion as one might have expected it to be. In this article we provide an overview of Bourdieu's analysis of religion, paying particular attention to key problems that have been identified in the literature and suggesting how his work can be understood in such a way as to overcome these limitations. Drawing…
When Reflexivity Is Not Enough: Doing Research with Polish Catholics
This article addresses the issues of reflexivity and emotional strain in fieldwork with religious populations. Undeniably, gaining access to, and forging relationships with, any social group is a challenging enterprise but the difficulty is particularly intensified when the researcher shares biographical characteristics with the researched. Based on two research projects with Polish nuns and Polish Catholic migrants, I explore the role of reflexi…
The Advent of the 'EasyJet Priest: Dilemmas of Polish Catholic Integration in the UK
In the aftermath of Poland's entrance into the EU in 2004, it is estimated that over half a million Polish migrants entered the UK. Their visibility in the public sphere has attracted interest from social scientists, yet relatively little attention has been paid to the issue of religious integration of Catholic Poles living in Britain. Drawing on a qualitative research project, this article explores the consequences of the encounter between Polis…
Habit Does Not a Nun Make? Religious Dress in the Everyday Lives of Polish Catholic Nuns
This article explores the role of the religious habit in the lives of Catholic sisters in Poland. It is based on research data from qualitative interviews carried out by the author in five Polish convents. The argument focuses on the indeterminacy of the message which the habit sends to the lay audience. It considers the significance of the habit through a Durkheimian lens. The nuns’ accounts of their encounters with the lay public are used to il…
The Advent of the 'EasyJet Priest: Dilemmas of Polish Catholic Integration in the UK
In the aftermath of Poland's entrance into the EU in 2004, it is estimated that over half a million Polish migrants entered the UK. Their visibility in the public sphere has attracted interest from social scientists, yet relatively little attention has been paid to the issue of religious integration of Catholic Poles living in Britain. Drawing on a qualitative research project, this article explores the consequences of the encounter between Polis…
Bourdieu, Capital, and Conflict in a Religious Field: The Case of the ‘Homosexuality’ Conflict in the Anglican Communion
Although Bourdieu's sociological project is a generalised sociology of religion, his work has not been as influential among sociologists of religion as one might have expected it to be. In this article we provide an overview of Bourdieu's analysis of religion, paying particular attention to key problems that have been identified in the literature and suggesting how his work can be understood in such a way as to overcome these limitations. Drawing…
Becoming a ‘real’ Catholic: Polish migrants and lived religiosity in the UK and Ireland
The effect of migration on religiosity is a well-documented theme in the sociology of religion. Despite the rapid growth in the number of Polish Catholics in the UK and Ireland, little has been written on the spiritual and religious aspects of their journeys. This article is based on the authors’ ethnographic fieldwork with Polish migrants in the UK and Ireland. Drawing on qualitative interviews and participant observation with Polish migrants of…
Presuming religious congruence? The nonreligious and Catholicism in Poland
This article contributes to the understanding of the symbiotic relationship between the nonreligious and the religious in religiously homogeneous cultures. Specifically, it examines the centrality of the religious congruence fallacy in the narratives of nonreligious people. Based on 60 qualitative interviews with Polish nones, I chart the ways in which they make sense of the dominant model of Polish-Catholic religiosity, commonly referred to as t…
Beyond compliance and resistance: Polish Catholic nuns negotiating femininity
This article examines the production of consecrated femininity in contemporary Polish convents. Drawing on qualitative data from 35 interviews in five religious communities the article explores the type of female agency which transforms the dominant model of Polish femininity instead of resisting it. Following Lois McNay’s (2000) concept of narrative identity, the article argues that female agency does not necessarily emerge out of subversion of …
Atheism is not the problem. The problem is being a woman’. Atheist women and reasonable feminism
While the percentage of religiously unaffiliated women is growing in the West, little is known about the relationship between atheism and feminism. This article redresses the gap by exploring women’s identification with atheism and feminism. The central argument draws on qualitative interview data from the UK, Australia, the US and Poland and emphasizes the role of atheism as a background identity marker through which female subjectivity is enact…
When Reflexivity Is Not Enough: Doing Research with Polish Catholics
This article addresses the issues of reflexivity and emotional strain in fieldwork with religious populations. Undeniably, gaining access to, and forging relationships with, any social group is a challenging enterprise but the difficulty is particularly intensified when the researcher shares biographical characteristics with the researched. Based on two research projects with Polish nuns and Polish Catholic migrants, I explore the role of reflexi…
Habit Does Not a Nun Make? Religious Dress in the Everyday Lives of Polish Catholic Nuns
This article explores the role of the religious habit in the lives of Catholic sisters in Poland. It is based on research data from qualitative interviews carried out by the author in five Polish convents. The argument focuses on the indeterminacy of the message which the habit sends to the lay audience. It considers the significance of the habit through a Durkheimian lens. The nuns’ accounts of their encounters with the lay public are used to il…
Getting to Church: Exploring Narratives of Gender and Joining
Getting to Church: Exploring Narratives of Gender and Joining." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(1), pp. 154–155
Habit Does Not a Nun Make? Religious Dress in the Everyday Lives of Polish Catholic Nuns
This article explores the role of the religious habit in the lives of Catholic sisters in Poland. It is based on research data from qualitative interviews carried out by the author in five Polish convents. The argument focuses on the indeterminacy of the message which the habit sends to the lay audience. It considers the significance of the habit through a Durkheimian lens. The nuns’ accounts of their encounters with the lay public are used to il…
When Reflexivity Is Not Enough: Doing Research with Polish Catholics
This article addresses the issues of reflexivity and emotional strain in fieldwork with religious populations. Undeniably, gaining access to, and forging relationships with, any social group is a challenging enterprise but the difficulty is particularly intensified when the researcher shares biographical characteristics with the researched. Based on two research projects with Polish nuns and Polish Catholic migrants, I explore the role of reflexi…
The Advent of the 'EasyJet Priest: Dilemmas of Polish Catholic Integration in the UK
In the aftermath of Poland's entrance into the EU in 2004, it is estimated that over half a million Polish migrants entered the UK. Their visibility in the public sphere has attracted interest from social scientists, yet relatively little attention has been paid to the issue of religious integration of Catholic Poles living in Britain. Drawing on a qualitative research project, this article explores the consequences of the encounter between Polis…
Bourdieu, Capital, and Conflict in a Religious Field: The Case of the ‘Homosexuality’ Conflict in the Anglican Communion
Although Bourdieu's sociological project is a generalised sociology of religion, his work has not been as influential among sociologists of religion as one might have expected it to be. In this article we provide an overview of Bourdieu's analysis of religion, paying particular attention to key problems that have been identified in the literature and suggesting how his work can be understood in such a way as to overcome these limitations. Drawing…
Why are Women more Religious than Men
Women are more religious than men. Despite being excluded from leadership positions, in almost every culture and religious tradition, women are more likely than men to pray, to worship, and to claim that their faith is important to them. Women also dominate the world of ‘New Age’ spirituality and are far more superstitious than men. This book reviews the now-sizeable body of social research to consider if the gender gap in religion is indeed univ…
Secular and Religious Feminisms: A Future of Disconnection
This article identifies a disciplinary disconnection between secular and religious feminisms. While areas of study such as women’s, gender and feminist studies, and disciplines like feminist studies in religion, spirituality and theology advance understanding of gender relations, they are forms of analysis that rarely keep company. As we argue, there is a disconnection grounded in a sacred/secular divide (Magee, 1999) evident through the differen…
Beyond compliance and resistance: Polish Catholic nuns negotiating femininity
This article examines the production of consecrated femininity in contemporary Polish convents. Drawing on qualitative data from 35 interviews in five religious communities the article explores the type of female agency which transforms the dominant model of Polish femininity instead of resisting it. Following Lois McNay’s (2000) concept of narrative identity, the article argues that female agency does not necessarily emerge out of subversion of …
Contributions from Sociology
Sociologists are concerned with the way human behaviour is patterned. They look for plausible explanations of phenomena that strike them as important due to their objective prevalence in social life. This chapter outlines the social scientific tools for studying religion, gender, and sexuality. Drawing on a range of examples from sociology of religion it explores the significance of individuals’ dispositions on the one hand and opportunities they…
Religious Change in the West: Watch the Women
This chapter provides evidence for the spread of spirituality during the last few decades by studying spiritual beliefs and self-designations among the general populations of western countries. It examines Dick Houtman and Mascini&s;s theory that the spread of spirituality is caused by a process of detraditionalization. This refinement is called for, because in its original form it cannot explain the high levels of affinity with spirituality amon…
The Politics of Morality: The Church, the State, and Reproductive Rights in Postsocialist Poland
The Politics of Morality: The Church, the State, and Reproductive Rights in Postsocialist Poland." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 32(2), pp. 344–345
Becoming a ‘real’ Catholic: Polish migrants and lived religiosity in the UK and Ireland
The effect of migration on religiosity is a well-documented theme in the sociology of religion. Despite the rapid growth in the number of Polish Catholics in the UK and Ireland, little has been written on the spiritual and religious aspects of their journeys. This article is based on the authors’ ethnographic fieldwork with Polish migrants in the UK and Ireland. Drawing on qualitative interviews and participant observation with Polish migrants of…
Sex and Secularism, written by Joan Wallach Scott
Sovereign of Herself: Women’s Narratives of ‘Lived Atheism’
In most western societies the number of female non-believers is growing and atheism has become one manifestation of nonreligion among many (Pew Forum, 2015). However, little is known about female atheists. This article fills the gap by providing the voices of a small percentage of women who consider themselves ‘practising’ but not ‘active’ atheists. Through a sociological analysis of qualitative interviews with twenty self-identified atheist wome…
Getting to Church: Exploring Narratives of Gender and Joining
Getting to Church: Exploring Narratives of Gender and Joining." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(1), pp. 154–155
Atheism is not the problem. The problem is being a woman’. Atheist women and reasonable feminism
While the percentage of religiously unaffiliated women is growing in the West, little is known about the relationship between atheism and feminism. This article redresses the gap by exploring women’s identification with atheism and feminism. The central argument draws on qualitative interview data from the UK, Australia, the US and Poland and emphasizes the role of atheism as a background identity marker through which female subjectivity is enact…
Formations of Belief: Historical Approaches to Religion and the Secular edited by Philip Nord, Katja Guenther & Max Weiss
Presuming religious congruence? The nonreligious and Catholicism in Poland
This article contributes to the understanding of the symbiotic relationship between the nonreligious and the religious in religiously homogeneous cultures. Specifically, it examines the centrality of the religious congruence fallacy in the narratives of nonreligious people. Based on 60 qualitative interviews with Polish nones, I chart the ways in which they make sense of the dominant model of Polish-Catholic religiosity, commonly referred to as t…
Sociology (17 works) · Gender Studies (13 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (12 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Religious studies (8 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · History (5 works)