Catholic Women Negotiate Feminism: A Research Note

For women who identify as both committed Catholics and feminists, how do they negotiate between these two apparently contradictory identities? I use data from one congregation and propose three possibilities for such negotiation. Women reinterpret feminism in light of Catholicism, re-interpret Catho...

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Auteur principal: Ecklund, Elaine Howard (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford Univ. Press 2003
Dans: Sociology of religion
Année: 2003, Volume: 64, Numéro: 4, Pages: 515-524
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Résumé:For women who identify as both committed Catholics and feminists, how do they negotiate between these two apparently contradictory identities? I use data from one congregation and propose three possibilities for such negotiation. Women reinterpret feminism in light of Catholicism, re-interpret Catholicism in light of feminism, or see both feminism and Catholicism as very subjective and individual identities. This work has implications for how scholars of gender understand the place of feminism in the lives of traditional religious women. This study also expands the sociology of religion literature by broadening how individualism is understood in the context of congregational participation.
ISSN:1759-8818
Contient:Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3712339