Feminization of the clergy in America : occupational and organizational perspectives / Paula D. Nesbitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nesbitt, Paula D., 1948- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Episcopal Church--Clergy.

Unitarian Universalist Association--Clergy.

Women--Clergy.

Women.

Ordination of women.

Local Subjects:

Episcopal Church--Clergy.

Unitarian Universalist Association--Clergy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 283 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent years have seen the entry of large numbers of women into the ordained clergy of Protestant churches. Nesbitt analyses the extent to which this has affected the occupation.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; ONE: Tradition or Transformation: Women's Struggle over Religious Authority and Leadership; TWO: Clergy in Two Religious Organizations; THREE: Ordination and Entry Jobs: Critical Criteria; FOUR: The Second Job: Key to the Career Path; FIVE: Clergy Careers over Time: A 60-Year Portrait; SIX: Decline and Fall of the Young Male Cleric; SEVEN: Feminization and Backlash; EIGHT: Structural Change in the Ministry; NINE: Clergy Feminization: Controlled Labor or Liberationist Change?; Appendix A: Clergy Job Titles Aggregated by Job Level; Appendix B: Demographic Variables; Appendix C: Mean (average) Career Trajectory; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773915-6

1-280-45288-9

0-19-535545-8

1-4237-5933-8

OCLC:

567932942