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- 9780190239671
- Book Title
- Getting to Church : Exploring Narratives of Gender and Joining
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 6.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Religion, Social Science
- Topic
- General, Christian Church / General, Sociology of Religion
- Item Weight
- 19.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 9.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 232 Pages
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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0190239670
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9780190239671
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Book Title
Getting to Church : Exploring Narratives of Gender and Joining
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
General, Christian Church / General, Sociology of Religion
Genre
Religion, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Length
6.3 in
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9.2 in
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"... providing so much detail has the advantage of contextualizing the study's findings so as to make them accessible to its reader, rather than requiring her solely to take the author's word for it. An additional advantage of this approach is that it positions the book to provide insight into a variety of aspects of congregational life, not only those which are significant from the perspective of gender. As a result, this volume is likely to be of interest to a wide audience, including especially scholars of sociology, religion, and gender." -- Rachel Rupprecht, University of Notre Dame, Religious Studies Review "Highly accessible for a lay or novice audience. In particular, I can imagine pastors and other church leaders would find her insights into how members perceive churches, their reasons for joining, and even their reasons for leaving to be incredibly helpful in church planning. Additionally, this book would make a nice addition to an undergraduate sociology of religion class because of its in-depth consideration of religious communities." -- Courtney Ann Irby, Sociology of Religion "Gallagher's convincing demonstrations and statistical observations provide ample space for theologians and gender theorists to pick up the conversation ... Overall, this book has a crucial role to play within Christian gender debates. Its purpose lies within debunking myths about religious identity and gender that some religious scholars and lay people still uphold. The claim that women are more religious than men or that Christianity is somehow a 'woman's religion' can no longer be reasonably accepted given Gallagher's observations." --Sarah Dannemiller, Reading Religion "Including a helpful bibliography, this volume will interest both sociologists and religious studies scholars and practitioners Recommended."--CHOICE "Sally Gallagher's thoughtful and well-researched analysis gives us new insight into how gender shapes the ways that people experience and enact religious commitment, and how they choose to join or to leave religious communities. This nuanced account takes into account a wide range of contemporary American religious communities and helps us to move beyond tired stereotypes about women's-and men's-religiosity."--Penny Edgell, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Social Sciences, University of Minnesota "Getting to Church contributes to the sociology of religion through its subtle and systematic attention to differences in women's and men's experiences of religious engagement. This attention to nuanced narratives offers a helpful corrective to simplistic accounts of gender difference in religious involvement... The comparative framework, longitudinal data, elegant writing, and inclusion of vivid narrative details in Getting to Church help us to see the continued importance of distinct religious traditions for shaping belonging and purpose as the book makes a convincing case that religion in the United States is not going away anytime soon." -- Meredith Whitnah, JSSR, "Gallagher's convincing demonstrations and statistical observations provide ample space for theologians and gender theorists to pick up the conversation ... Overall, this book has a crucial role to play within Christian gender debates. Its purpose lies within debunking myths about religious identity and gender that some religious scholars and lay people still uphold. The claim that women are more religious than men or that Christianity is somehow a 'woman's religion' can no longer be reasonably accepted given Gallagher's observations." --Sarah Dannemiller, Reading Religion "Including a helpful bibliography, this volume will interest both sociologists and religious studies scholars and practitioners Recommended."--CHOICE "Sally Gallagher's thoughtful and well-researched analysis gives us new insight into how gender shapes the ways that people experience and enact religious commitment, and how they choose to join or to leave religious communities. This nuanced account takes into account a wide range of contemporary American religious communities and helps us to move beyond tired stereotypes about women's-and men's-religiosity."--Penny Edgell, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Social Sciences, University of Minnesota, "Including a helpful bibliography, this volume will interest both sociologists and religious studies scholars and practitioners Recommended."--CHOICE "Sally Gallagher's thoughtful and well-researched analysis gives us new insight into how gender shapes the ways that people experience and enact religious commitment, and how they choose to join or to leave religious communities. This nuanced account takes into account a wide range of contemporary American religious communities and helps us to move beyond tired stereotypes about women's-and men's-religiosity."--Penny Edgell, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Social Sciences, University of Minnesota, "Highly accessible for a lay or novice audience. In particular, I can imagine pastors and other church leaders would find her insights into how members perceive churches, their reasons for joining, and even their reasons for leaving to be incredibly helpful in church planning. Additionally, this book would make a nice addition to an undergraduate sociology of religion class because of its in-depth consideration of religious communities." -- Courtney Ann Irby, Sociology of Religion "Gallagher's convincing demonstrations and statistical observations provide ample space for theologians and gender theorists to pick up the conversation ... Overall, this book has a crucial role to play within Christian gender debates. Its purpose lies within debunking myths about religious identity and gender that some religious scholars and lay people still uphold. The claim that women are more religious than men or that Christianity is somehow a 'woman's religion' can no longer be reasonably accepted given Gallagher's observations." --Sarah Dannemiller, Reading Religion "Including a helpful bibliography, this volume will interest both sociologists and religious studies scholars and practitioners Recommended."--CHOICE "Sally Gallagher's thoughtful and well-researched analysis gives us new insight into how gender shapes the ways that people experience and enact religious commitment, and how they choose to join or to leave religious communities. This nuanced account takes into account a wide range of contemporary American religious communities and helps us to move beyond tired stereotypes about women's-and men's-religiosity."--Penny Edgell, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Social Sciences, University of Minnesota "Getting to Church contributes to the sociology of religion through its subtle and systematic attention to differences in women's and men's experiences of religious engagement. This attention to nuanced narratives offers a helpful corrective to simplistic accounts of gender difference in religious involvement... The comparative framework, longitudinal data, elegant writing, and inclusion of vivid narrative details in Getting to Church help us to see the continued importance of distinct religious traditions for shaping belonging and purpose as the book makes a convincing case that religion in the United States is not going away anytime soon." -- Meredith Whitnah, JSSR, "Sally Gallagher's thoughtful and well-researched analysis gives us new insight into how gender shapes the ways that people experience and enact religious commitment, and how they choose to join or to leave religious communities. This nuanced account takes into account a wide range of contemporary American religious communities and helps us to move beyond tired stereotypes about women's-and men's-religiosity."--Penny Edgell, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Social Sciences, University of Minnesota, "... providing so much detail has the advantage of contextualizing the study's findings so as to make them accessible to its reader, rather than requiring her solely to take the author's word for it. An additional advantage of this approach is that it positions the book to provide insight into a variety of aspects of congregational life, not only those which are significant from the perspective of gender. As a result, this volume is likely to be of interest to a wide audience, including especially scholars of sociology, religion, and gender." -- Rachel Rupprecht, University of Notre Dame, Religious Studies Review"Highly accessible for a lay or novice audience. In particular, I can imagine pastors and other church leaders would find her insights into how members perceive churches, their reasons for joining, and even their reasons for leaving to be incredibly helpful in church planning. Additionally, this book would make a nice addition to an undergraduate sociology of religion class because of its in-depth consideration of religious communities." -- Courtney Ann Irby, Sociology of Religion"Gallagher's convincing demonstrations and statistical observations provide ample space for theologians and gender theorists to pick up the conversation ... Overall, this book has a crucial role to play within Christian gender debates. Its purpose lies within debunking myths about religious identity and gender that some religious scholars and lay people still uphold. The claim that women are more religious than men or that Christianity is somehow a 'woman's religion' can no longer be reasonably accepted given Gallagher's observations." --Sarah Dannemiller, Reading Religion"Including a helpful bibliography, this volume will interest both sociologists and religious studies scholars and practitioners Recommended."--CHOICE"Sally Gallagher's thoughtful and well-researched analysis gives us new insight into how gender shapes the ways that people experience and enact religious commitment, and how they choose to join or to leave religious communities. This nuanced account takes into account a wide range of contemporary American religious communities and helps us to move beyond tired stereotypes about women's-and men's-religiosity."--Penny Edgell, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Social Sciences, University of Minnesota"Getting to Church contributes to the sociology of religion through its subtle and systematic attention to differences in women's and men's experiences of religious engagement. This attention to nuanced narratives offers a helpful corrective to simplistic accounts of gender difference in religious involvement... The comparative framework, longitudinal data, elegant writing, and inclusion of vivid narrative details in Getting to Church help us to see the continued importance of distinct religious traditions for shaping belonging and purpose as the book makes a convincing case that religion in the United States is not going away anytime soon." -- Meredith Whitnah, JSSR, "... providing so much detail has the advantage of contextualizing the study's findings so as to make them accessible to its reader, rather than requiring her solely to take the author's word for it. An additional advantage of this approach is that it positions the book to provide insight into a variety of aspects of congregational life, not only those which are significant from the perspective of gender. As a result, this volume is likely to be of interest toa wide audience, including especially scholars of sociology, religion, and gender." -- Rachel Rupprecht, University of Notre Dame, Religious Studies Review"Highly accessible for a lay or novice audience. In particular, I can imagine pastors and other church leaders would find her insights into how members perceive churches, their reasons for joining, and even their reasons for leaving to be incredibly helpful in church planning. Additionally, this book would make a nice addition to an undergraduate sociology of religion class because of its in-depth consideration of religious communities." -- Courtney Ann Irby,Sociology of Religion"Gallagher's convincing demonstrations and statistical observations provide ample space for theologians and gender theorists to pick up the conversation ... Overall, this book has a crucial role to play within Christian gender debates. Its purpose lies within debunking myths about religious identity and gender that some religious scholars and lay people still uphold. The claim that women are more religious than men or that Christianity is somehow a 'woman'sreligion' can no longer be reasonably accepted given Gallagher's observations." --Sarah Dannemiller, Reading Religion"Including a helpful bibliography, this volume will interest both sociologists and religious studies scholars and practitioners Recommended."--CHOICE"Sally Gallagher's thoughtful and well-researched analysis gives us new insight into how gender shapes the ways that people experience and enact religious commitment, and how they choose to join or to leave religious communities. This nuanced account takes into account a wide range of contemporary American religious communities and helps us to move beyond tired stereotypes about women's-and men's-religiosity."--Penny Edgell, Professor of Sociology andAssociate Dean for Social Sciences, University of Minnesota"Getting to Church contributes to the sociology of religion through its subtle and systematic attention to differences in women's and men's experiences of religious engagement. This attention to nuanced narratives offers a helpful corrective to simplistic accounts of gender difference in religious involvement... The comparative framework, longitudinal data, elegant writing, and inclusion of vivid narrative details in Getting to Church help usto see the continued importance of distinct religious traditions for shaping belonging and purpose as the book makes a convincing case that religion in the United States is not going away anytime soon." -- MeredithWhitnah, JSSR
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Why Won't Religion Just Go Away? Buildings Becoming Belonging Growing Giving Changing Gender and Congregational Culture Appendix: Fieldwork in Three Congregations Endnotes References Index
Synopsis
Drawing on extensive field work, personal interviews and focus groups in mainline, evangelical, and eastern Orthodox churches, Sally Gallagher examines what it is that draws women and men differently into different types of congregations., Why do people go to church? What about a congregation attracts new members? What is it that draws women and men differently into diverse types of congregations? Getting to Church assesses the deeply personal and gendered narratives around how women and men move toward identifying with three very different Christian congregations one Orthodox, one conservative, and one mainline. Drawing on extensive research and ranging across layers of congregational history, leadership, architecture, new member process, programs, and service ministries, Sally Gallagher explores trajectories of joining, as well as membership loss and change over a seven-year period. By following both those who join a community and those who explore but choose not to, Gallagher avoids the methodological limitations of other studies and assesses the degree to which the spaces, people, programs, and doctrines within distinctive traditions draw women and men toward affiliation and involvement. Getting to Church demonstrates that women are attracted to specific doctrines and ideas, opportunities for individual reflection, experience and expanded personal agency; while men find in these congregations a sense of community within which they experience greater connection with other men, appreciate beauty, and yield to something greater than themselves. Drawing on extensive field work, personal interviews, and focus groups, Getting to Church challenges extant theories of gender and religious involvement., Why do people go to church? What about a congregation attracts new members? What is it that draws women and men differently into different types of congregations? Sally Gallagher answers these questions by drawing on data tracing men's and women's movement toward Orthodox, conservative, and mainline Christian congregations. By following both those who join the community and those who choose not to pursue greater involvement, Gallagher avoids the methodological limitations of other studies and assesses the degree to which the spaces, people, programs, and doctrines within distinctive traditions draw women and men toward affiliation and involvement. Gallagher demonstrates that gender matters less in orthodox congregations than in mainline and conservative ones, and addresses the generalization that women are more religious than men. Drawing on extensive field work, personal interviews, and focus groups, Getting to Church challenges extant theories of gender and religious involvement., Why do people go to church? What about a congregation attracts new members? What is it that draws women and men differently into diverse types of congregations? Getting to Church assesses the deeply personal and gendered narratives around how women and men move toward identifying with three very different Christian congregations: one Orthodox, one conservative, and one mainline. Drawing on extensive research and ranging across layers of congregational history, leadership, architecture, new member process, programs, and service ministries, Sally Gallagher explores trajectories of joining, as well as membership loss and change over a seven-year period. By following both those who join a community and those who explore but choose not to, Gallagher avoids the methodological limitations of other studies and assesses the degree to which the spaces, people, programs, and doctrines within distinctive traditions draw women and men toward affiliation and involvement. Getting to Church demonstrates that women are attracted to specific doctrines and ideas, opportunities for individual reflection, experience and expanded personal agency; while men find in these congregations a sense of community within which they experience greater connection with other men, appreciate beauty, and yield to something greater than themselves. Drawing on extensive field work, personal interviews, and focus groups, Getting to Church challenges extant theories of gender and religious involvement.
LC Classification Number
BV4523.G35 2017
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