Catholic Feminist Spirituality and Social Justice Actions
A number of feminist Catholic women theologians and historians argue that Catholic feminist spirituality involves both imaging God as having a female aspect and working for social justice for women and all disempowered. Are Catholic women likely to express a feminist spirituality by being active in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
1999
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| In: |
Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 1999, Volume: 6, Pages: 103-138 |
| Further subjects: | B
History of religion studies
B Social sciences B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | A number of feminist Catholic women theologians and historians argue that Catholic feminist spirituality involves both imaging God as having a female aspect and working for social justice for women and all disempowered. Are Catholic women likely to express a feminist spirituality by being active in social justice causes? Results from this study indicate that the more women espouse a feminist spiritual orientation, the more likely they are to be active in social justice concerns. Catholic sisters are most likely to be involved in social justice causes among the 3,746 women surveyed in this cross-denominational study. Sisters have support for engaging in social action among groups (feminist or otherwise) in their orders. Being part of a feminist spirituality group is more important for other women in channeling and sustaining their work for social justice and systemic change. But having multiple group memberships and spending time in community outreach to the needy appear to facilitate and increase social activism among all women surveyed. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004493285_006 |