To Know and Be Known: An Intimacy-Based Explanation for the Gender Gap in Biblical Literalism
We assess the gender gap in U.S. Christianity by examining in a national sample (Baylor Religion Survey 2010) a particularly robust measure of religiosity: biblical literalism. Women are more likely to report biblical literalism than men in bivariate comparisons, but we argue that intimate attachmen...
| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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| In: |
Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 231-250 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Biblical literalism
/ Relationship to God
/ Affective bonding
/ Sex difference
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality HA Bible KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Attachment Theory
B attachment to God B Gender B U.S. population B Biblical Literalism |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |