Secularization as a Decline in Religious Authority Over Gender

Recent secularization debates have helped to interpret the changing influence of religion over time and over social life. I argue that Chaves' (1994) conception of secularization, that secularization occurs as a decline in religious authority, is an effective theoretical tool for describing rel...

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Main Author:	Meyers, Catherine E.
Format:	Others
Published:	BYU ScholarsArchive 2005
Subjects:	secularization gender Sociology
Online Access:	https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/685 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1684&context=etd

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spelling	ndltd-BGMYU2-oai-scholarsarchive.byu.edu-etd-16842021-09-01T05:01:02Z Secularization as a Decline in Religious Authority Over Gender Meyers, Catherine E. Recent secularization debates have helped to interpret the changing influence of religion over time and over social life. I argue that Chaves' (1994) conception of secularization, that secularization occurs as a decline in religious authority, is an effective theoretical tool for describing religious change over time. Using GSS data and the example of gender ideology, I attempt to illustrate this concept and argue that this view of secularization, combined with a multidimensional approach to gender, is necessary to more fully explain the changing relationship among religion and gender over time. 2005-07-22T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/685 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1684&context=etd http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/ Theses and Dissertations BYU ScholarsArchive secularization gender Sociology
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description	Recent secularization debates have helped to interpret the changing influence of religion over time and over social life. I argue that Chaves' (1994) conception of secularization, that secularization occurs as a decline in religious authority, is an effective theoretical tool for describing religious change over time. Using GSS data and the example of gender ideology, I attempt to illustrate this concept and argue that this view of secularization, combined with a multidimensional approach to gender, is necessary to more fully explain the changing relationship among religion and gender over time.
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title	Secularization as a Decline in Religious Authority Over Gender
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Secularization as a Decline in Religious Authority Over Gender

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