Feminization of the Clergy in America Occupational and Organizational Perspectives

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ISBN: 9780195106862 | 0195106865
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Copyright: 4/24/1997

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Recent years have seen the entry of large numbers of women into theordained clergy of Protestant churches. Nesbitt here analyzes the extent towhich the large-scale entry of women into the ministry has affected theoccupation.

Introduction

(6)

ONE Tradition of Transformation: Women's Struggle over Religious Authority and Leadership

(20)

Organizational Development and Opportunities for Women's Leadership

(1)

Women's Leadership in American Religion

(6)

Women's Entry into the Clergy

(5)

The Effects of Occupational Feminization on the Ministry: A Study

(3)

TWO Clergy in Two Religious Organizations

(12)

Life Chances: A Comparative Study 1920-1994

(4)

Ordination in Two Religious Traditions

(2)

The Data: Two Decades of Women's Influx

(3)

THREE Ordination and Entry Jobs: Critical Criteria

(16)

Job Placements

(3)

Gender

(2)

Ordination Status

(1)

Education

(2)

Age

(1)

Prior Occupational Experience

(2)

Marital and Family Status

(2)

Demographic Effects on Entry Placements

(3)

FOUR The Second Job: Key to the Career Path

(16)

Separating the Women from the Men

(4)

Gender and Ordination Status

(1)

Gender and Job Mobility

(4)

Beyond the Second Placement

(3)

A Career Perspective

(3)

FIVE Clergy Careers over Time: A 60-Year Portrait

(17)

Job Mobility and Career Attainment

(6)

Women's Place in Clergy Couples

(1)

Men's Careers and the Appearance of Occupational Stability

(6)

Clergywomen's Opportunities for Leadership

(4)

SIX Decline and Fall of the Young Male Cleric

(17)

The Graying of the Clergy

(3)

Second Career: Asset or Liability?

(6)

Lamentations: Where Have All the Young Men Gone?

100

(7)

SEVEN Feminization and Backlash

107

(28)

Proliferation of New Ordination Tracks

115

(8)

Gender, Backlash, and Educational Inflation

123

(1)

The Deconstruction of Full-Time Work

124

(2)

Gender Segregation in the Clergy

126

(4)

The Mixed Blessings of Tokenism

130

(5)

EIGHT Structural Change in the Ministry

135

(26)

Shortage of Surplus: The Supply and Demand of Clergy Labor

140

(3)

Alternative Clergy Labor Supplies

143

(2)

Clergy versus Laity: The Emergence of Clericalism

145

(4)

Professionalism and Deprofessionalization

149

(5)

A Future of Nonstipendiary Clergy

154

(4)

Occupational Feminization and Male Exodus

158

(1)

Occupational Change and Organizational Response

159

(2)

NINE Clergy Feminization: Controlled Labor of Liberationist Change?

161

(17)

The Future of Women Clergy

162

(3)

Women and the Future of the Clergy

165

(1)

Women Clergy and the Future of Liberationist Change

165

(8)

A Concluding Unscientific Postscript on Gender and Organized Religion

173

(5)

Appendix A Clergy Job Titles Aggregated by Job Level

178

(8)

Appendix B Demographic Variables

186

(4)

Appendix C Mean (average) Career Trajectory

190

(1)

Notes

191

(54)

Bibliography

245

(24)

Index

269

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Feminization of the Clergy in America Occupational and Organizational Perspectives

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