Religion and atheism from a gender perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2612184 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiina Mahlamäki (0000-0002-2100-9878, University of Turku, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58-65 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Approaching Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1799-3121 • E-ISSN: 1799-3121 |
| Publisher | Approaching Religion (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.30664/ar.67492 |
| OpenAlex | W1540462226 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 6 |
In August 2010 the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, summarising the results of the World Values 2005 survey, released them under the headline 'Religion is a women's issue'. Is atheism and secularity then, by contrast, an issue for men? It is tempting to answer the question positively when one looks at the names of the new atheist bestselling authors, or the names in the index lists in the back pages of books with reference to atheism, as well as the names of the researchers into atheism and secularity: they tend to be male much more often than female. In this paper I will examine the ways in which both religiosity and non-religiosity and atheism are gendered phenomena. I also look at feminists' views on religion by pointing out in which ways they intersect with the opinions of the new atheist texts. Because both (second wave) feminists and atheists consider religion from a relatively narrow point of view, I'll bring out the ways in which the contemporary study of religion defines, sees and studies religion and religiousness, while it takes the concept of gender seriously. I also discuss the seemingly indisputable fact which the statistics point to; namely that women tend to be more religious than men and men tend to be more often atheist than women (my examples are mostly from the Finnish context). I also present some models of explanation which scholars have applied to these problems
Atheism · Epistemology · Fallacy · Headline · Islam · Religiosity · Secularism · Secularity · Sociology · Theology · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Social Psychology
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Advancing Gender Equality Without Forfeiting Religious Autonomy
Negotiations of Science and Religion in Nordic Institutions
Espousing Apostasy and Feminism? Older and Younger British Female Apostates Compared
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Sex, Violence, and the Religious 'Other
| Citations per year | 2.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |