Are Religious Women More Traditionalist? A Cross-National Examination of Gender and Religion

Does national context shape the relationship between religious attendance and women's gender ideologies? Although previous studies have examined gender and religion within a single national context (and often in a single faith community), few have done so using a cross-national comparative pers...

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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Jahr: 2020, Band: 59, Heft: 4, Seiten: 606-628
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Frau / Religiosität / Geschlechterrolle / Traditionalismus / Konservativismus
RelBib Classification:AA Religionswissenschaft
AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
weitere Schlagwörter:B gender ideology
B Women
B international contexts
B Religion
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Zusammenfassung:Does national context shape the relationship between religious attendance and women's gender ideologies? Although previous studies have examined gender and religion within a single national context (and often in a single faith community), few have done so using a cross-national comparative perspective. This has left a significant gap in our understanding of how gender and religion operate in distinctive national contexts. Relying on survey data collected in 37 countries, this study analyzes how the relationship between religious attendance and women's gender ideologies is conditioned by their country's gender inequality. The findings indicate that while women's religious attendance is, on average, negatively related to egalitarian gender ideologies, this association is conditioned by religious affiliation. The relationship is also contingent on the level of gender inequality experienced, and grows weaker in countries with more prominent gender inequality. This study reveals the mechanisms that contextualize the intersection of gender and religion.
ISSN:1468-5906
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12683