The religious lives of older laywomen : the last active Anglican generation / Abby Day.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Day, Abby, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the Anglican Communion.

Physical Description:

ix, 257 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

The religious lives of older laywomen" draws on ethnographic fieldwork, cross-cultural comparisons, and relevant theories exploring the beliefs, identities, and practices of 'Generation A'?Anglican laywomen born in the 1920s and 1930s. Now in their 70s, 80s, and 90s, they are often described as the 'backbone' of the Church and likely its final active generation. The prevalence of laywomen in mainstream Christian congregations is a widely accepted phenomenon that will cause little surprise amongst the research community or Christian adherents. What is surprising is that we know so little about them.

Contents:

Section I Roots and Branches

1 Introduction 3

2 Gendering Generation 24

Section II Holy Women

3 Maintaining Open Churches 51

4 Powers of Purification 71

5 Doing Theology 92

6 Sacred Sundays 114

Section III Ties That Bind: The Pew Power of Generation A

7 Family and Community 137

8 More Party than Piety 158

9 The Last Active Generation 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198739586

0198739583

OCLC:

974020786