Gender and Christianity in Modern Europe

Name: Gender and Christianity in Modern Europe
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Beyond the Feminization Thesis

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KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society

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Since the 1970s the feminization thesis has become a powerful trope in the rewriting of the social history of Christendom. However, this 'thesis' has triggered some vehement debates, given that men have continued to dominate the churches, and the churches themselves have reacted to the association of religion and femininity, often formulated by their critics, by explicitly focusing their appeal to men. In this book the authors critically reflect upon the use of concepts like feminization and masculinization in relation to Christianity. By presenting case studies that adopt different gendered approaches with regard to Christian, mainly Catholic discourses and practices, the authors capture multiple 'feminizations' and 'masculinizations' in Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries. In particular, it becomes clear that the idea that Christianity took on 'characteristically feminine' values and practices cannot withstand the conclusion that what is considered 'manly' or 'feminine' depends on time, place, and context, and on the reasons why gendered metaphors are used.

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Patrick Pasture is Professor of History and Director of the Centre for European Studies at KU Leuven. Jan Art retired as professor of history at the University of Ghent in 2010. He has published widely on 19th and 20th century cultural and religious history, social science methodology in history, and psychohistory.

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July 13th, 2012

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General (US: Trade)

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Edited by Jan Art
Edited by Patrick Pasture
Edited by Thomas Buerman

Pages

256

Series

KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society

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170x239x15

ISBN-13

9789058679123

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19787734

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