Preacher Woman - A Critical Look At Sexism Without Sexists

About the author

Katie Lauve-Moon is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work and Affiliate Faculty in the Women & Gender Studies Department at Texas Christian University.

Summary

When organizations are committed to gender equality, what gets in the way of their achieving it? How and why do well-intentioned people end up reinforcing sexism? Katie Lauve-Moon examines these questions by focusing on religious congregations that separated from their mainline denomination in order to support women's equal leadership.

In Preacher Woman, Lauve-Moon concentrates on congregations affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF). Women are enrolling in Baptist seminaries at almost equal rates as men and CBF identifies the equal leadership of women as a core component of its collective identity, yet only five percent of CBF congregations employ women as solo senior pastors. Preacher Woman explores how congregations can be committed to ideas of gender parity while still falling short in practice. Lauve-Moon investigates how institutional sexism is upheld through both unconscious and conscious biases. In doing so, she demonstrates that addressing issues of sexism and gender inequality within organizations must extend beyond good intentions and inclusive policies.

Additional text

Preacher Woman goes a long way to explaining why women remain so under-represented in the pulpits even of a religious group that espouses gender equality. Lauve-Moon shows how the absence of role models, ostensibly gender-neutral hiring practices that are anything but, implicit and explicit biases, and subtle and not-so-subtle discouragements all play a role. Preacher Woman is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the barriers to true equal opportunity for female clergy.

Product details

• Authors: Katie Lauve-Moon, Katie (Assistant Professor Lauve-Moon
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.2021
• EAN: 9780197527542
• ISBN: 978-0-19-752754-2
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Religion / Christian Church / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Christianity, Christian institutions & organizations, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, RELIGION / Christian Living / Family & Relationships, Religious institutions and organizations, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships