Are Religious Women More Traditionalist? A Cross‐National Examination of Gender and Religion. Issue 4 (29th September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Di, Di
• Is Part Of: Journal for the scientific study of religion. Volume 59:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 606
• Page End: 628
• Publication Date: 2020-09-29
• Subjects: gender ideology -- international contexts -- religion -- women; Religion -- Periodicals; 200
• DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12683
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-8294

Abstract

Abstract: Does national context shape the relationship between religious attendance and women's gender ideologies? Although previous studies have examined gender and religion within a single national context (and often in a single faith community), few have done so using a cross‐national comparative perspective. This has left a significant gap in our understanding of how gender and religion operate in distinctive national contexts. Relying on survey data collected in 37 countries, this study analyzes how the relationship between religious attendance and women's gender ideologies is conditioned by their country's gender inequality. The findings indicate that while women's religious attendance is, on average, negatively related to egalitarian gender ideologies, this association is conditioned by religious affiliation. The relationship is also contingent on the level of gender inequality experienced, and grows weaker in countries with more prominent gender inequality. This study reveals the mechanisms that contextualize the intersection of gender and religion.