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oapen-20.500.12657-259622023-02-01T09:35:21Z Gender and Christianity in Modern Europe Pasture, Patrick Theology & Religion Gender history religious history Europe bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRC Christianity::HRCC Christian Churches & denominations::HRCC2 Church history 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, which have reacted to the association of religion and femininity by explicitly focusing their appeal to men. 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 regarding Christian, mainly Catholic discourses and practices, they 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 ‘charicteristically 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. 2019-02-01 23:55 2020-01-23 03:00:27 2020-04-01T10:55:52Z 2020-04-01T10:55:52Z 2012-07-13 book 1004121 OCN: 1100489731 9789058679123 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25962 eng application/pdf n/a 1004121.pdf http://upers.kuleuven.be/en/book/9789058679123 Leuven University Press 10.11116/GCME_KAD 102274 10.11116/GCME_KAD 91436d3b-fb9a-45e9-8a57-08708b92dcda b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9789058679123 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 102274 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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, which have reacted to the association of religion and femininity by explicitly focusing their appeal to men. 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 regarding Christian, mainly Catholic discourses and practices, they 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 ‘charicteristically 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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