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Between pain and hope: Examining women's marginality in the evangelical context

Gaddini, KC; (2019) Between pain and hope: Examining women's marginality in the evangelical context. European Journal of Women's Studies , 26 (4) pp. 405-420. 10.1177/1350506819846167. Green open access

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Abstract

This article examines religious and gendered identities through an ethnographic study of unmarried evangelical Christian women in London. Moving away from an approach that shows that women feel empowered through their conservative, male-dominated religious environment, or else they find it constraining and leave the church, this article investigates the experiences of women who feel limited by their church, and still remain embedded in their Christian environment. The article begins by exploring the normative figure of the ideal Christian woman operative in this context. It then describes the experiences of women who do not fit the norm, outlining the affective toll they suffer through marginality. Finally, the article examines how some women rely on hope in order to change the normative framework within their church. This article argues that leaving and staying are not static categories; instead evangelical women, frustrated with their marginal positions, revealed a continuum of investment underlain by resilience and hope.

Type: Article
Title: Between pain and hope: Examining women's marginality in the evangelical context
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/1350506819846167
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506819846167
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Affect, body, normativity, religion, women
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10112293
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