Outcast Women: Gender and Authenticity in Ex-Mormon Women’s Disaffiliation Narratives

Studies on religious disaffiliation have largely ignored the gendered dynamics at play in decisions to exit and the exit experience itself. We begin to address this gap by foregrounding gender as a structuring variable in the exit process. As we examine the disaffiliation narratives of twenty former...

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VerfasserInnen: Gull, Bethany (VerfasserIn) ; Smith, Jesse (VerfasserIn) ; Cragun, Ryan (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: University of Californiarnia Press 2023
In: Nova religio
Jahr: 2023, Band: 26, Heft: 3, Seiten: 7-29
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Mormonen / Weibliches Mitglied / Austritt / Narrativ (Sozialwissenschaften) / Authentizität / Geschlechterrolle / Qualitatives Interview
RelBib Classification:AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
KDH Christliche Sondergemeinschaften
weitere Schlagwörter:B Authenticity
B Disaffiliation
B Gender
B Identity
B Latter-day Saints
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Zusammenfassung:Studies on religious disaffiliation have largely ignored the gendered dynamics at play in decisions to exit and the exit experience itself. We begin to address this gap by foregrounding gender as a structuring variable in the exit process. As we examine the disaffiliation narratives of twenty formerly Mormon women—members of a women-only Facebook support group—we find that gender infuses their reasons for exiting as well as their experiences during the exit process. Concerns with authenticity feature prominently in how they narrate their deconversion experiences. We call for greater attention to the role of gender and authenticity in research on religious disaffiliation.
ISSN:1541-8480
Enthält:Enthalten in: Nova religio
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.7