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It's Not Just Fashion, It's Sin: The Impacts of Modesty Messaging on Female Adolescents Within the White Evangelical Church

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The following study examines the impacts of internalized modesty messaging (IMM) on female adolescents raised within white evangelical churches. On the basis of a large‐scale dataset (n = 5525), the article investigates associations between IMM, self‐esteem, and experiences of sexual harassment as a minor in religious institutions using a case‐
Nicole Marie Gallego   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how 84 Protestant women in the South understand the morality of their abortion decisions, offering a nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between religion and abortion and revealing that many women navigate abortion decisions with theological depth, moral reasoning, and a profound sense of responsibility.
Rebecca Todd Peters
wiley   +1 more source

Community as Catalyst for Change: Factors Contributing to US Catholic Sisters Engaging in Environmental Activism

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much of the activism on environmental issues within the US Catholic Church is not coming from those with institutional power (like bishops and diocesan priests), but rather from sisters, who have no formal power. What factors facilitate sisters’ environmental activism?
Sabrina Danielsen, Ellie Simmons
wiley   +1 more source

Inhabiting the White Church: Divinized Diversity and Antiracist Projects in Progressive Religious Organizations

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on 3 years of qualitative fieldwork at a United Methodist church and a Catholic parish in Minneapolis‐St. Paul, I analyze how White, liberal congregations translated race‐conscious ideals into organizational practice in the wake of the 2020 police murder of George Floyd.
Daniel Cueto‐Villalobos
wiley   +1 more source

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