Feminism, feminists, and faith : intersectional identities.

This project explores the ways that feminism and Christianity have long been viewed as contradictory. The first section explores landmark feminist texts and argues that there has long been the assumption that Christianity and feminism are contradictory because of the way whiteness has shaped both institutions. The second section utilizes interviews and survey data to examine the ways people think about being a Christian woman and how the expectations of that right womanhood push or pull women towards or away from embracing feminism. And finally, the last section examines feminism explicitly with the same interview data, exploring the ways women think about the way feminism fits into their lives. This study complicates the way that scholars in sociology of religion and women's and gender studies have wrestled with the question of Christian feminists and how this demographic may fit into the broader coalition of feminists.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Grantor

Baylor University.

Year dc:date.issued

2022

Author dc:creator

• Hernandez, Amanda Dawn, 1989-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Froese, Paul.

• Gender.
• Feminism.
• Religion.
• Christianity.
• Intersectionality.
• Race.
• Ethnicity.

Statement dc:rights

• Baylor University works are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact libraryquestions@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/2104/11920

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:baylor-ir.tdl.org:2104/11920