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Evangelical Christianity and Women's Changing Lives

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY, K.Aune{at}derby.ac.uk

Women have outnumbered men as followers of Christianity at least since the transition to industrial capitalist modernity in the West. Yet developments in women's lives in relation to employment, family and feminist values are challenging their Christian religiosity. Building on a new strand of gender analysis in the sociology of religion, this article argues that gender is central to patterns of religiosity and secularization in the West. It then offers a case study of evangelical Christianity in England to illustrate how changes in women's lives are affecting their religiosity. Specifically, it argues that evangelical Christianity continues to be important among women occupying more traditional social positions (as wives and mothers), but adherence is declining among the growing number whose lives do not fit this older model.

Key Words: Christianity • church attendance • evangelicalism • gender • religiosity • secularization • women

European Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 15, No. 3, 277-294 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1350506808091508


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