Biblical Literalism
A Test of the Compensatory Schema Hypothesis among Anglicans in England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5000999 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Village (0000-0002-2174-8822, York St John University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-196 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Religious Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2211-4866 • E-ISSN: 0034-673X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13644-012-0055-4 |
| OpenAlex | W2059982220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 33 |
The compensatory schema hypothesis (Hoffmann and Bartkowski, Soc Forces 86:1245-1272, 2008) has been used to explain why women seem to have higher levels of biblical literalism than men in some Christian denominations. Based on social structuration and gender theories, it proposes that biblical literalism is a key social schema in some denominations that deny women access to institutional power. Women compensate for the lack of access to institutional social resources (leadership) by stressing the accepted schema (literalism) more strongly than men. The theory was tested using two samples from the Church of England, one lay ( N = 394) and one ordained ( N = 1,052). Laywomen were more literal than laymen among evangelicals and Anglo-catholics, where opposition to women's ordination is highest, but in both cases the difference was largely explained by differences in education levels between the sexes. Clergywomen, with access to leadership resources, were less literal than clergymen in both Anglo-catholic and evangelical traditions. The results offer rather weak support for the compensatory schema hypothesis, and alternative explanations of the findings are discussed
Opposition (politics) · Political science · Schema (genetic algorithms) · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Law · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
Religion and political behavior in the United States
Understanding fundamentalism and evangelicalism
Bible-Carrying Christians
Factors shaping biblical literalism
Clergymen and clergywomen
The Relationship of Psychological Type Preferences to Biblical Interpretation
The Bible and lay people
Science knowledge and biblical literalism
The Church on the World's Turf
The Quiet Hand of God
Identity, Argument and Schism
Attitudes of laypersons toward female clergy and priests
Ambivalent Sexism, Scriptural Literalism, and Religiosity
Last Gasp Patriarchy
Research on Lay Church Members Attitudes toward Women Clergy
The Impact of Feminism and Religious Involvement on Sentiment toward God
Patterns of Lay Resistance to Women in Ministry
Biblical Literalism and Inerrancy
Assessing Belief about the Bible
Ordaining Women as Priests
Clergy Feminization
Ungodly Women
Gender, Religious Tradition, and Biblical Literalism
Stained Glass Makes the Ceiling Visible
Sex and Gender Traditionalism Among Conservative Protestants
Predictors of Moral Reasoning
A Theory of Structure
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2019 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |