She Preached the Word

Women's Ordination in Modern America

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20003989
AutoresBenjamin R Knoll (0000-0001-8067-6219), Cammie Jo Bolin (0000-0002-3062-2658)
Ano2018
Páginas294
Data de publicação2018-06-21
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoShe Preached the Word (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780190882365.001.0001
OpenAlexW2809012255
Open LibraryOL28647317M
ISBN9780190882365
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9

She Preached the Word is a landmark study on women’s ordination in contemporary American religious congregations. In this groundbreaking work, Benjamin Knoll and Cammie Jo Bolin draw upon a novel collection of survey data and personal narrative interviews to answer several important questions, including: Who supports women’s ordination in their congregations? What are the most common reasons for and against women’s ordination? What effect do female clergy have on young women and girls, particularly in terms of their psychological, economic, and religious empowerment later in life? How do women clergy affect levels of congregational attendance and engagement among members? What explains the persistent gender gap in America’s clergy? The authors find that female clergy indeed matter, but not always in the ways that might be expected. They show, for example, that while female clergy have important effects on women in the pews, they have stronger effects on theological and political liberals. Throughout this book, Knoll and Bolin discuss how the persistent gender gap in the wider economic, social, and political spheres will likely continue so long as women are underrepresented in America’s pulpits. Accessible to scholars and general readers alike, She Preached the Word is a timely and important contribution to our understanding of the intersection of gender, religion, and politics in contemporary American society

Art · Attendance · Empowerment · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spirituality · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology · Church history · Ordination of women · united states · Women clergy · Women in church work