The gendering of heterosexual religious young adults' imagined futures

This article draws from a mixed-methods project that examined religion, youth, gender, and sexuality among young women and men aged between 18 and 25, from various religious traditions, and living in the UK. It charts how unmarried heterosexuals imagined their future lives in relation to marriage an...

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Publié dans:Journal of contemporary religion
Auteurs: Page, Sarah-Jane 1982- (Auteur) ; Yip, Andrew K. T. 1963- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Carfax Publ. 2019
Dans: Journal of contemporary religion
Année: 2019, Volume: 34, Numéro: 2, Pages: 253-273
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Großbritannien / Adulte (18-25 Jahre) / Religiosité / Futur / Représentation / Vie privée / Rôle de genre
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
KBF Îles britanniques
Sujets non-standardisés:B Gender Equality
B Parenthood
B childcare
B Gender Roles
B Religion
B Marriage
B imagined future
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Résumé:This article draws from a mixed-methods project that examined religion, youth, gender, and sexuality among young women and men aged between 18 and 25, from various religious traditions, and living in the UK. It charts how unmarried heterosexuals imagined their future lives in relation to marriage and parenthood. We deploy conceptual literature on 'imagined future', which is under-used in the sociology of religion, to explore what difference, if any, religious belonging makes to the futures the participants imagined. We assert that religion is part of their cultural tapestry, which broadly informed their values and actions. In other words, religion, as a component of culture, provides a 'toolkit' which they used in imagining futures that they deemed meaningful. This article contributes significantly to literature on gender and religious cultures and imagined future, highlighting the complex and interweaving role religion played in the way young adults in this study imagined their future gendered lives.
ISSN:1469-9419
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2019.1621542