Secularization as a Decline in Religious Authority Over Gender

Recent secularization debates have helped to interpret the changing influence of religion over time and over social life. I argue that Chaves' (1994) conception of secularization, that secularization occurs as a decline in religious authority, is an effective theoretical tool for describing religious change over time. Using GSS data and the example of gender ideology, I attempt to illustrate this concept and argue that this view of secularization, combined with a multidimensional approach to gender, is necessary to more fully explain the changing relationship among religion and gender over time.

Name thesis:degree_name

MS

Grantor dc:publisher

Brigham Young University - Provo

Author dc:creator

• Meyers, Catherine E.

• secularization
• gender
• Sociology

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/685

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:etd-1684