Changing Sex Roles and Protestantism among the Navajo Women in Ramah
The Protestant missions in Ramah, New Mexico, have had a much stronger appeal to Navajo women than men in recent decades, and the novel religious-institutional experience can be correlated with other adjustments to a changing socio-economic environment. The meaning of the Protestant mission experien...
| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1975]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Formal education
B Gender Roles B Men B Working women B Native culture B Protestantism B Prestige B Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |
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| Summary: | The Protestant missions in Ramah, New Mexico, have had a much stronger appeal to Navajo women than men in recent decades, and the novel religious-institutional experience can be correlated with other adjustments to a changing socio-economic environment. The meaning of the Protestant mission experience is examined in light of traditional female life styles, and it is concluded that church affiliation is simply one expression of the Navajo women's attempt to create sex roles commensurate with the realities of changing cultural circumstance. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1384455 |