Much Less Religious, a Little More Spiritual

The Religious and Spiritual Views of Third-Wave Feminists in the Uk

Bibliographic Data

ID3945523
AuthorsK Aune (0000-0001-5951-9526, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume97
Issue1
Pages32-55
Publication date2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/fr.2010.33
OpenAlexW2289645503
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited37

How religious or spiritual are feminists today? Filling a gap in the literature on feminism and religion, this article outlines findings from the first survey-based study of feminists' spiritual attitudes in recent years. Drawing on survey data, this article explores the religious and spiritual views of 1,265 third-wave feminists, most of whom are women in their twenties and thirties. Comparison with surveys of religious adherence in the UK reveals that these feminists are significantly less religious and somewhat more spiritual than the general population. The article goes on to ask why this might be, and suggests three explanations: feminism's alignment with secularism, secularization and feminism's role within it, and feminism's association with alternative spiritualities

Secularism · Secularization · Spiritualities · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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