Gaddini The Struggle to Stay

Why Single Evangelical Women Are Leaving the Church
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-55180-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

The Struggle to Stay is an intimate and insightful portrait of single women’s experiences in evangelical churches. Drawing on unprecedented access to churches in the United States and the United Kingdom, Katie Gaddini relates the struggles of four women, interwoven with her own story of leaving behind a devout faith.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gaddini, Katie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sexualität & Gender in den Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Homecoming
2. Without You, I Am Nothing
3. In the World
4. Purity Culture
5. The Ideal Woman
6. Wounds That Never Heal
7. Reprisals
8. The Struggle to Stay
Acknowledgments
Methodological Note
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Katie Gaddini is a sociologist at the Social Research Institute, University College London. She is also an affiliated researcher in the University of Johannesburg’s Department of Sociology. Gaddini previously worked in the prevention of gender-based violence in Peru, South Africa, Spain, and the United States.