“Double-Burdened Mothers”: A Narrative Inquiry Concerning Women Pastors in Contemporary Protestant Churches in Mainland China = $Lchi“背负双重负担的母亲们”──一项对中国大陆某省基督新教教会女性牧师的叙事研究
Since its reopening in the late 1970s, the Protestant Church (including both registered and unregistered churches) in mainland China has experienced rapid growth characterized by three conspicuous phenomena: extreme gender disproportion, increased numbers of young intellectual and white-collar conve...
| Published in: | Review of Religion and Chinese Society |
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| Subtitles: | $Lchi“背负双重负担的母亲们”──一项对中国大陆某省基督新教教会女性牧师的叙事研究 |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Further subjects: | B
Chinese women
B 中国文化 B Chinese culture B 女性牧师 B narrative inquiry B 叙事研究 B 中国大陆新教教会 B 教会领导 B Protestant church in mainland China B women pastors B Church Leadership B 中国女性 |
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| Summary: | Since its reopening in the late 1970s, the Protestant Church (including both registered and unregistered churches) in mainland China has experienced rapid growth characterized by three conspicuous phenomena: extreme gender disproportion, increased numbers of young intellectual and white-collar converts, and growing numbers of women pastors. In this narrative study conducted between May 2016 and May 2017, the researcher interviewed eight women pastors in Protestant churches in W Province to understand their lives and experiences. This study found that the majority of the participating women pastors stated that they entered Christian ministry because of their mothers’ influence and prompting. On a deeper level, however, their decision can be attributed to the special political, economic, and social circumstances in mainland China during the 1950s–1970s. These women pastors see themselves as “double-burdened mothers” with respect to their families and the congregations. They face the challenges of dealing with complicated interpersonal relationships, a lack of male leaders and workers, and weak faith within their congregations. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-3955 |
| Contains: | In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22143955-00501006 |