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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967280203321

Autore

Gallagher Sally K

Titolo

Evangelical identity and gendered family life / / Sally K. Gallagher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8135-5614-7

0-8135-3546-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

261.8/35

Soggetti

Evangelicalism - United States

Sex role - Religious aspects - Christianity

Families - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- PART I: Evangelical Ideals -- Chapter 1: Evangelical Family Values in Social Discourse -- Chapter 2: A History of Mutuality and Gender Hierarchy -- Chapter 3: Twentieth-Century Evangelical Ideals -- PART II: SymbolicTraditionalism and Pragmatic Egalitarianism -- Chapter 4: Faith and Family -- Chapter 5: Spiritual Leadership and Decision Making -- Chapter 6: Dividing the Labor of Parenting and Housework -- Chapter 7: Employment and the Needs of Children -- PART III: Understanding Evangelical Identity, Gender, and Family -- Chapter 8: What Would Be Lost If Evangelicals Abandoned the Notion of Husbands' Headship? -- Chapter 9: History, Community, and Identity: Tools and Truths in the Evangelical Tool Kit -- Appendix A: Research Methods -- Appendix B: Tables -- Appendix C: Excursus into Exegesis -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life provides a sociological and historical analysis of gender, family, and work among evangelical Protestants. In this innovative study, Sally Gallagher traces two lines of gender ideals -- one of husbands' authority and leadership, the other of mutuality and partnership in marriage -- from the Puritans to the Promise Keepers into the lives of ordinary evangelicals today. Rather than simply reacting against or accommodating themselves to "secular society," Gallagher argues that both traditional and egalitarian



evangelicals draw on long-standing beliefs about gender, human nature, and the person of God. The author bases her arguments on an analysis of evangelical family advice literature, data from a large national survey and personal interviews with over 300 evangelicals nationwide. No other work in this area draws on such a range of data and methodological resources. Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life establishes a standard for future research by locating the sources, strategies, and meaning of gender within evangelical Protestantism. Book jacket.