Feminization of the Clergy in America : Occupational and Organizational Perspectives.
Feminization is said to occur when women enter any given occupation in substantial numbers, and ostensibly leads to such dynamics as sex-segregation, reduced opportunities for men, and depressed wages and diminished prestige for the occupation as a whole. Spanning more than 70 years, PaulaNesbitt�...
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| Imprint: | Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1997. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- ONE: Tradition or Transformation: Women's Struggle over Religious Authority and Leadership
- Organizational Development and Opportunities for Women's Leadership
- Women's Leadership in American Religion
- Women's Entry into the Clergy
- The Effects of Occupational Feminization on the Ministry: A Study
- TWO: Clergy in Two Religious Organizations
- Life Chances: A Comparative Study 1920-1994
- Ordination in Two Religious Traditions
- The Data: Two Decades of Women's Influx
- THREE: Ordination and Entry Jobs: Critical Criteria
- Job Placements
- Gender
- Ordination Status
- Education
- Age
- Prior Occupational Experience
- Marital and Family Status
- Demographic Effects on Entry Placements
- FOUR: The Second Job: Key to the Career Path
- Separating the Women from the Men
- Gender and Ordination Status
- Gender and Job Mobility
- Beyond the Second Placement
- A Career Perspective
- FIVE: Clergy Careers over Time: A 60-Year Portrait
- Job Mobility and Career Attainment
- Women's Place in Clergy Couples
- Men's Careers and the Appearance of Occupational Stability
- Clergywomen's Opportunities for Leadership
- SIX: Decline and Fall of the Young Male Cleric
- The Graying of the Clergy
- Second Career: Asset or Liability?
- Lamentations: Where Have All the Young Men Gone?
- SEVEN: Feminization and Backlash
- Proliferation of New Ordination Tracks
- Gender, Backlash, and Educational Inflation
- The Deconstruction of Full-Time Work
- Gender Segregation in the Clergy
- The Mixed Blessings of Tokenism
- EIGHT: Structural Change in the Ministry
- Shortage or Surplus: The Supply and Demand of Clergy Labor
- Alternative Clergy Labor Supplies
- Clergy versus Laity: The Emergence of Clericalism
- Professionalism and Deprofessionalization
- A Future of Nonstipendiary Clergy.
- Occupational Feminization and Male Exodus
- Occupational Change and Organizational Response
- NINE: Clergy Feminization: Controlled Labor or Liberationist Change?
- The Future of Women Clergy
- Women and the Future of the Clergy
- Women Clergy and the Future of Liberationist Change
- A Concluding Unscientific Postscript on Gender and Organized Religion
- Appendix A: Clergy Job Titles Aggregated by Job Level
- Appendix B: Demographic Variables
- Appendix C: Mean (average) Career Trajectory
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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