Seventh-Day Adventism in crisis: gender and sectarian change in an emerging religion
This fine piece of scholarship presents a systematic application of sociological models to a movement whose heart and soul is sectarian. In examining Seventh-Day Adventisms history and development from its inception as a postmillennialist movement in the 1800s to its current status as a faith tradit...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana [u.a.]
University of Illinois Press
c 1999
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| In: | Year: 1999 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Vance, Laura L., Seventh-Day Adventism in Crisis: Gender and Sectarian Change in an Emerging Religion] (2001) (Lawson, Ronald)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Adventists
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| Further subjects: | B
Ordination of women
B Sabbatarians History B Seventh-day Adventists Doctrines B Ordination of women Seventh-Day Adventists B Women clergy B Seventh-day Adventists History B Sex roles Religious aspects Christianity B Adventists History |
| Summary: | This fine piece of scholarship presents a systematic application of sociological models to a movement whose heart and soul is sectarian. In examining Seventh-Day Adventisms history and development from its inception as a postmillennialist movement in the 1800s to its current status as a faith tradition with a distinctive identity, Vance (psychology/sociology, Georgia Southwestern State Univ.) has crafted a remarkably readable book of religio-sociological research. Vance argues that Adventisms move from sectarianism to institutionalization has succeeded through the creation of physical structures that reinforce its unique identity while meeting temporal needs that allow for a more accommodating response to the world. This thesis is borne out by Vances examination of family structure, theology, and the development of the movement. One area of unique identification for Adventists is that of gender roles, and it is here, she finds, that Adventism has the greatest opportunity to alter the boundaries of church hierarchy not only for itself but for the Christian community as a whole. Highly recommended. - Acknowledgments, Introduction: Religious Identity and Gender p. 1, Seventh-day Adventism Examined, 1. Millerism and the Origins of Seventh-day Adventism p. 13, 2. Adventist Belief p. 40, 3. Seventh-day Adventist Organization p. 58, 4 Contemporary Crises in Adventism p. 75, Gender and Adventism's Changing Response to the World, 5. Definition of Sectarian Identity and Delineation of Gender in the Adventist Review p. 101, 6. The Adventist Family, Gender, and Society p. 131, 7. Drawing the Line: Gender, Homosexuality, and the Adventist Definition of Appropriate Sexuality p. 154, 8. Becoming like the World: Adventist Women and Wage Labor p. 172, 9. The Struggle for Ordination: Women and the Adventist Ministry p. 192, Conclusion: Routinization and the Place of Women in Sectarian Movements p. 219, Bibliography p. 231, Index p. 257, |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-255) and index |
| ISBN: | 0252024346 |