Transition and Authority: Transwomen and Religious Leadership in the Netherlands

The article presents two case studies of two women who were confronted with a loss of religious authority as they were asked to resign from their lay leading positions after their coming-out as transwomen in the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. By focusing on these...

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Main Author: Schrijvers, Lieke L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Religion & gender
Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-114
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Netherlands / Trans woman / Woman religious leader
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBD Benelux countries
ZA Social sciences
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B The Netherlands
B women in religion
B religious authority
B Transgender
B Christianity
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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